Using Accelerometer in Windows and Windows Phone Applications

Plugin-Blog-Accelerometer-WP.cs

public sealed partial class MainPage : Page
{
	private Accelerometer _accelerometer;
	
	public MainPage()
	{
	    this.InitializeComponent();
	
	    this.NavigationCacheMode = NavigationCacheMode.Required;
	}

	/// <summary>
	/// Invoked when this page is about to be displayed in a Frame.
	/// </summary>
	/// <param name="e">Event data that describes how this page was reached.
	/// This parameter is typically used to configure the page.</param>
	protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
	{
	    _accelerometer = Accelerometer.GetDefault();
	
	    if (_accelerometer != null)
	    {
	        // Establish the report interval
	        uint minReportInterval = _accelerometer.MinimumReportInterval;
	        var desiredReportInterval = minReportInterval > 16 ? minReportInterval : 16;
	        _accelerometer.ReportInterval = desiredReportInterval;
	
	        try
	        {
	            _accelerometer.ReadingChanged += async (a, b) =>
	            {
	                await Dispatcher.RunAsync(CoreDispatcherPriority.Normal, () =>
	                {
	                    txtXAxis.Text = "X axis: " + b.Reading.AccelerationX.ToString("F");
	                    txtYAxis.Text = "Y axis: " + b.Reading.AccelerationY.ToString("F");
	                    txtZAxis.Text = "Z axis: " + b.Reading.AccelerationZ.ToString("F");
	                });
	            };
	        }
	        catch (Exception ex)
	        {
	            throw;
	        }
	    }
	    else
	    {
	        new Windows.UI.Popups.MessageDialog("Accelerometer not found", "Error:").ShowAsync();
	    }
	}
}