I started fooling around with the sensors on my HTC Magic and I
noticed the same. The sensors you mentioned are the only ones I can
see while the phone specs mention a light sensor as well!

Would be great if somebody could shed some "light" on this issue ;)

Thanks!

On 13 feb, 17:09, mileoresko <[email protected]> wrote:
> I used the ddms tool, and I am not sure what the ProximitySensorapp
> uses.
> As far as I can see it reads something from a file, then does some
> character decoding and stuff like that, so I don't think it uses the
> SensorManger API at all.
>
> Nonetheless, I would like to use the SensorManager API to fetch data
> from theLightSensor. If that is not possible, I would like to know
> why it isn't.
> If there is an alternative way to access thissensor'sreadings, I
> would appreciate if someone could share it with me.
>
> Thanks
>
> On Feb 13, 5:02 pm, Simon <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > ell that may be your problem.. what makes you think the Proximity
> >sensorapp you downloaded uses theLightsensor?
>
> > On Feb 12, 6:07 am, mileoresko <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Hi Simon,
>
> > > sensorManager.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_LIGHT) returns: null
>
> > > On Feb 12, 2:12 am, Simon <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > What is the result of calling
> > > > sensorManager.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_LIGHT) ?
>
> > > > -- Simon

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