Firstly, openIntents sensor simulator is a very good tool for compass applications..... I have used it without any breakage......
Further,, the compass bug in 1.5 r1 is FIXED in SDK 1.5 r2..... Go ahead, there's no breakage now. Cheers. Peli wrote: > Unless of course one has a sensor simulator :-) > http://code.google.com/p/openintents/wiki/SensorSimulator > > (I should mention that we did not have time yet to upgrade it to SDK > 1.5, but some people already got this to work in the 1.5 emulator). > > I'd say simulating the sensors in this way can be quite useful if one > wants to work out the basic trigonometric relations (which vectors > correspond to which orientation, etc.), just as it is useful to test > touch interfaces in the emulator with the mouse, or to think through a > user interface with pen and pencil. > > Of course, nothing replaces testing on the real device in the end. > > Peli > www.openintents.org > > On Jun 26, 9:19 am, David Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 1:40 PM, sarang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Is this a bug in emulator 1.5 ? > > > > Yes, it's a known bug in the 1.5 emulator which will be fixed in the next > > SDK release. > > > > However, what others have mentioned is true, there is little you will be > > able to do in the emulator anyway; this is the kind of thing that requires a > > real device for proper testing. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

