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Android app: Basic accelerometer
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public class AccelerometerActivity extends ActionBarActivity implements SensorEventListener{ | |
//... | |
private TextView acceleration; | |
private SensorManager sm; | |
private Sensor accelerometer; | |
@Override | |
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { | |
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); | |
setContentView(R.layout.activity_accelerometer); | |
//get sensor manager service and init accelerometer sensor already existing | |
sm = (SensorManager) getSystemService(SENSOR_SERVICE); | |
accelerometer = sm.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER); | |
startSensor(); | |
//get acceleration values shown on screen | |
acceleration = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.acceleration); | |
//... | |
// added button to stop sensor and quit the app | |
Button myButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button_exit); | |
myButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { | |
@Override | |
public void onClick(View v) { | |
stopSensor(); | |
finish(); | |
} | |
}); | |
} | |
@Override | |
protected void onResume() { | |
super.onResume(); | |
startSensor(); | |
} | |
@Override | |
public void onAccuracyChanged(Sensor sensor, int accuracy) { | |
//Do nothing | |
} | |
@Override | |
public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent event) { | |
//every time the sensor captures an event, the view is updated with the new values | |
Acceleration capturedAcceleration = getAccelerationFromSensor(event); | |
updateTextView(capturedAcceleration); | |
//... | |
} | |
private void updateTextView(Acceleration capturedAcceleration) { | |
acceleration.setText("X:" + capturedAcceleration.getX() + | |
"\nY:" + capturedAcceleration.getY() + | |
"\nZ:" + capturedAcceleration.getZ() + | |
"\nTimestamp:" + capturedAcceleration.getTimestamp()); | |
} | |
private void startSensor() { | |
sm.registerListener(this, accelerometer, SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_NORMAL); | |
} | |
private void stopSensor() { | |
sm.unregisterListener(this); | |
} | |
private Acceleration getAccelerationFromSensor(SensorEvent event) { | |
//format timestamp | |
long timestamp = (new Date()).getTime() + (event.timestamp - System.nanoTime()) / 1000000L; | |
//create a new acceleration bean with X,Y and Z axes values and timestamp | |
return new Acceleration(event.values[0], event.values[1], event.values[2], timestamp); | |
} | |
//... | |
} | |
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