How to use barometer of iPhone6 with new APIs available in iOS 8?

Question

I am looking for, how to use barometer apis which are available in iOS 8 for iPhone6.

I have used following code

if([CMAltimeter isRelativeAltitudeAvailable]){
    CMAltimeter *altimeter = [[CMAltimeter alloc] init];
    [altimeter startRelativeAltitudeUpdatesToQueue:queue withHandler:^(CMAltitudeData *altitudeData, NSError *error) {

        if(error)
            [label setText:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",error.localizedDescription]];
        else
            [label setText:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",altitudeData.relativeAltitude]];

    }];
}
else{
    [label setText:@"That's not iPhone 6 for sure ;)"];
}

But its not working even not returning any error value. It seems like completion block is not working coz my label is not updating. I am testing it on my iPhone 6.

What is the value of `queue`? If it’s not the main queue (and it shouldn’t be), updating your UI from it isn’t going to work. — Noah Witherspoon, Sep 29 '14 at 19:45
possible duplicate of [CMAltimeter callback never fires](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26028186/cmaltimeter-callback-never-fires) — fishinear, Oct 17 '14 at 18:03

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 03 '14 at 16:24

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IMHO: When the Block gets executed the object altimeter is already wiped by ARC. Try to make altimeter a property and it will work.

answered Oct 03 '14 at 16:24

Thomson

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 29 '14 at 06:48

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Try to use Swift code example and see the results. I am using this code sniper and it works.

let altimeter = CMAltimeter()
if CMAltimeter.isRelativeAltitudeAvailable() {
    altimeter.startRelativeAltitudeUpdatesToQueue(NSOperationQueue.mainQueue(), withHandler: { data, error in
        if !error {
            println("Relative Altitude: \(data.relativeAltitude)")
        }
    })
}

answered Sep 29 '14 at 06:48

Oleg Gordiichuk

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i have to do in objective c, because the project is already written in objective c – abhishekkharwar Sep 29 '14 at 06:49
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Any APIs available to Swift are also available to Objective-C. – Fogmeister Sep 29 '14 at 06:50
Try to create test example in separate project to be sure it is not problem with iOS version. – Oleg Gordiichuk Sep 29 '14 at 06:50
Does anyone now how accurate this is? – George Asda Oct 18 '14 at 20:08
I am using Swift 4. I have use this code and made changes according to mentioned guidelines. Now the control doesn't go inside startRelativeAltitudeUpdates. I am not sure what is going wrong – Kamal Trivedi May 25 '18 at 13:34

AB Murphy · Answer 3 · 2019-02-17T15:02:17.773

The question is about Barometric Pressure. Here is Swift 4.2 code to retrieve and display the iPhone 6 pressure readings. Note: I converted the reading result to milibars.
Remember to make an entry in the Info.plist file for: Privacy - Motion Usage Description. hth

import UIKit
import CoreMotion

class ViewController: UIViewController
{
        @IBOutlet weak var pressureLabel: UILabel!

        var rawPressure = 999.99
        let altimeter = CMAltimeter()

        override func viewDidLoad()
        {
            super.viewDidLoad()
            getSensorData()
        }

        func getSensorData()
        {
            if CMAltimeter.isRelativeAltitudeAvailable()
            {
                altimeter.startRelativeAltitudeUpdates(to: OperationQueue.main)
                {
                    (data, error) in
                    if !(error != nil)
                    {
                        self.rawPressure = Double(truncating: (data?.pressure)!) * 10.00
                        self.pressureLabel.text = String(format: "%.0f", self.rawPressure)+" mb"
    //                    print("Relative Pressure: \(self.pressureLabel.text ?? "error: 02")")
                    } else {
                        self.pressureLabel.text = " Oops!  1 "
                    }
                }
            }  else {
                self.pressureLabel.text = " Oops!  2 "
            }
        }

    }

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