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SensorListener.javaAPI DocAndroid 5.1 API4461Thu Mar 12 22:22:10 GMT 2015android.hardware

SensorListener

public interface SensorListener
Used for receiving notifications from the SensorManager when sensor values have changed.
deprecated
Use {@link android.hardware.SensorEventListener SensorEventListener} instead.

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public voidonAccuracyChanged(int sensor, int accuracy)
Called when the accuracy of a sensor has changed. See {@link android.hardware.SensorManager SensorManager} for details.

param
sensor The ID of the sensor being monitored
param
accuracy The new accuracy of this sensor.

public voidonSensorChanged(int sensor, float[] values)

Called when sensor values have changed. The length and contents of the values array vary depending on which sensor is being monitored. See {@link android.hardware.SensorManager SensorManager} for details on possible sensor types.

Definition of the coordinate system used below.

The X axis refers to the screen's horizontal axis (the small edge in portrait mode, the long edge in landscape mode) and points to the right.

The Y axis refers to the screen's vertical axis and points towards the top of the screen (the origin is in the lower-left corner).

The Z axis points toward the sky when the device is lying on its back on a table.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The axis are swapped when the device's screen orientation changes. To access the unswapped values, use indices 3, 4 and 5 in values[].

{@link android.hardware.SensorManager#SENSOR_ORIENTATION SENSOR_ORIENTATION}, {@link android.hardware.SensorManager#SENSOR_ORIENTATION_RAW SENSOR_ORIENTATION_RAW}:

All values are angles in degrees.

values[0]: Azimuth, rotation around the Z axis (0<=azimuth<360). 0 = North, 90 = East, 180 = South, 270 = West

values[1]: Pitch, rotation around X axis (-180<=pitch<=180), with positive values when the z-axis moves toward the y-axis.

values[2]: Roll, rotation around Y axis (-90<=roll<=90), with positive values when the z-axis moves toward the x-axis.

Note that this definition of yaw, pitch and roll is different from the traditional definition used in aviation where the X axis is along the long side of the plane (tail to nose).

{@link android.hardware.SensorManager#SENSOR_ACCELEROMETER SENSOR_ACCELEROMETER}:

All values are in SI units (m/s^2) and measure contact forces.

values[0]: force applied by the device on the x-axis

values[1]: force applied by the device on the y-axis

values[2]: force applied by the device on the z-axis

Examples:

  • When the device is pushed on its left side toward the right, the x acceleration value is negative (the device applies a reaction force to the push toward the left)
  • When the device lies flat on a table, the acceleration value is {@link android.hardware.SensorManager#STANDARD_GRAVITY -STANDARD_GRAVITY}, which correspond to the force the device applies on the table in reaction to gravity.
  • {@link android.hardware.SensorManager#SENSOR_MAGNETIC_FIELD SENSOR_MAGNETIC_FIELD}:

    All values are in micro-Tesla (uT) and measure the ambient magnetic field in the X, Y and -Z axis.

    Note: the magnetic field's Z axis is inverted.

    param
    sensor The ID of the sensor being monitored
    param
    values The new values for the sensor.