According to the Android OS documentation, accelerometer sensors should return values of acceleration in m/s^2.
The documentation is a little ambiguous in many regards. First off, it seems to imply that when at rest, lying on a flat surface, the only axis the accelerometer should measure any acceleration on is the Z- axis (downwards due to gravity). "When the device lies flat on a table and is pushed on its left side toward the right, the x acceleration value is positive." --This is the line that seems to imply this. However, while working on a program using the accelerometer on the Motorola Droid, I seem to be getting different results than expected. It acts much like it is giving me orientation readings, despite the fact that Sensor.getName() returns accelerometer. Altering the orientation of the phone changes the values, but they stabilize for any given orientation. The values for the X, Y, and Z axises are _all_ non-zero, even when stationary. I am using SensorManager.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER) to get the accelerometer. Any help would be appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
