It depends on the app. Some step counters use only the accelerometers. But some might use the gyroscopes as well. But I would think that a properly designed app should report any missing hardware capabilities, or at least fail with an error message.
On Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at 5:58:09 AM UTC-6, Naman Arora wrote: > > Some Android devices works step counter and step detector properly but not > all android devices, does it is based on gyroscope or accelerometer sensor > or both. > my phone have accelerometer sensor but step counter app will not work.Thank > you all for help! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/eae0193a-401d-48fd-99e3-b35e21ff606c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
