It depends on the app. Some step counters use only the accelerometers. But some might use the gyroscopes as well. But I would think that a properly designed app should report any missing hardware capabilities, or at least fail with an error message.
On Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at 5:58:09 AM UTC-6, Naman Arora wrote: > > Some Android devices works step counter and step detector properly but not > all android devices, does it is based on gyroscope or accelerometer sensor > or both. > my phone have accelerometer sensor but step counter app will not work.Thank > you all for help! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/eae0193a-401d-48fd-99e3-b35e21ff606c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
