FWIW, the orientation sensor is deprecated. While I yanked the sensor coverage from my books (the third-generation sensor API makes my head hurt), I do have some samples that might help:
https://github.com/commonsguy/cw-advandroid/tree/master/Sensor On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Raghav Sood <raghavs...@androidactivist.org> wrote: > Having a little problem here. I am making an app that uses the GPS, > accelerometer and compass. GPS works fine. The problem comes with the other > two. According to the Log.d s splattered all over my code, the following > code receives the sensor events for the sensor with the int code 1, which > according to the docs is the accelerometer. > > public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent evt) > > { > > float vals[] = evt.values; > > //Log.d("PAAR", "Sensor triggered."); > > if(evt.sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD || > evt.sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_ORIENTATION) > > { > > float rawDirection = vals[0]; > > Log.d("PAAR", "compass Sensor triggered."); > > direction =(float) ((rawDirection * kFilteringFactor) + > > (direction * (1.0 - kFilteringFactor))); > > inclination = > > (float) ((vals[2] * kFilteringFactor) + > > (inclination * (1.0 - kFilteringFactor))); > > > > if(aboveOrBelow > 0) > > { > > inclination = inclination * -1; > > } > > > > if(evt.sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER) > > { > > aboveOrBelow = > > (float) ((vals[2] * kFilteringFactor) + (aboveOrBelow * (1.0 - > kFilteringFactor))); > > Log.d("PAAR", "Accelerometer "); > > } > > } > > } > > Yet the if statement for the accelerometer doesn't kick in. Also why am I > not receiving the compass events? My device has a compass, I am 100% sure of > that. I register the sensors as follows: > > sensorManager = > (SensorManager)this.getSystemService(Context.SENSOR_SERVICE); > > sensorManager.registerListener(listener, > sensorManager.getDefaultSensor( SensorManager.SENSOR_ORIENTATION), > SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_FASTEST); > > sensorManager.registerListener(listener, > sensorManager.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER), > SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_FASTEST); > > Ideas/solutions, anyone? > > Thanks > > -- > Raghav Sood > http://www.androidactivist.org/ - Author > http://www.appaholics.in/ - Founder > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training...At Your Office: http://commonsware.com/training -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
