Re: Android compass question

2018-10-02 Thread Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
Just following up on this - on my Android device the compass heading data from LC jumps around plus-or-minus 10 degrees while the phone is laying still, but the same data from the browser widget is stable. I was able to make it work in my app this way, but I wish the LC sensor data had also

Re: Android compass question

2018-08-18 Thread Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
Just a quick addendum to my last comment - I found an html5 online compass demo that works well on the device. That means I might be able to use the browser widget that displays the map to read the compass from the device. If that works, I could reset the map heading inside the widget without

Re: Android compass question

2018-08-18 Thread Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
Hi Jacqueline, Thank you for this reply. I keep working with this issue, but I still cannot resolve it. When I put the Android phone down on a table, to be still, the compass heading from LC jumps up and down by as much as 10 degrees - way too big of a range just to round. However, the compass

Re: Android compass question

2018-08-13 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 8/11/18 3:34 PM, Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode wrote: I have a new galaxy phone. When I read the mobile compass, both magnetic heading and true heading constantly change - even if the phone is laying down still. It changes up and down randomly by 5 degrees or so. Does anyone know if this

Re: Android compass question

2018-08-13 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 08/13/2018 07:55 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Maybe you don't know what you want most in this world. (Sorry I had to.) -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit

Re: Android compass question

2018-08-13 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Maybe you don't know what you want most in this world. (Sorry I had to.) Might be a calibration issue, but I don't know how to calibrate the compass on an android. Bob S > On Aug 11, 2018, at 13:34 , Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode > wrote: > > I have a new galaxy phone. When I read the

Android compass question

2018-08-11 Thread Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
I have a new galaxy phone. When I read the mobile compass, both magnetic heading and true heading constantly change - even if the phone is laying down still. It changes up and down randomly by 5 degrees or so. Does anyone know if this is a problem with LC or with galaxy phones? My iPhone does