Interesting, well I think the reason Carlos' code is not working is because he needs to use the MAGNETIC_FIELD with perhaps either the ACCELEROMETER or GRAVITY. I personally use the ACCELEROMETER as this has been the practice from what I understand since day 1.
On Wednesday, July 20, 2011 12:39:04 AM UTC-4, Nathan wrote: > > > > On Jul 19, 9:19 pm, Adam Ratana <[email protected]> wrote: > > You want to use TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD this way, instead of GRAVITY. > GRAVITY I > > haven't seen before but the accelerometer is actually a gravity sensor, > so > > I'm wondering if its the same data for each? > > It says: > === > Note: When the device is at rest, the output of the gravity sensor > should be identical to that of the accelerometer. > == > > So it might be safe to use the accelerometer some of the time but I'm > not sure why the sample doesn't use gravity. > > Nathan > > -- 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
