Android accelerometer

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Is it just me or can I not find a simple tutorial on accessing the accelerometer in android via google search? Every other time I search for some simple tutorial(countdowntimers, activities, handlers, threads) I can find some but for some reason the accelerometer subject is vague. I use the examples from the sdk as a second or 3rd source once I get a clearer understanding from a simpler(as in for beginners) source, which are the sample tutorials other's provide on their blogs/site. Where can I get a simple accelerometer tutorial? Two books that I own don't have anything on the matter either.

a good example to use accelerometer in android http://www.quicktips.in/get-accelerometer-readings-android/ — Deepak Swami, Jun 29 '16 at 16:51

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 16 '10 at 01:21

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This is a very helpful bit of documentation from the android API reference, note especially the low-pass filter which can be very useful for smoothing out jitter.

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEvent.html#values

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 17 '12 at 09:42

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Professional Android Sensor Programming by Milette is a good book for Android sensor programming.

If you don't want to buy it, you can always Google for an ebook.

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answered Jun 17 '12 at 03:56

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slim · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-25T20:54:47.547

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have you tried this one https://github.com/commonsguy/cw-andtutorials/tree/master/38-Sensors ?

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answered Dec 15 '10 at 23:41

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I did find this tutorial but the OP was back in 2008. I started reading his tutorial and applying it but some things were off. Importing android.hardware.Sensor works but plural "Sensors" does not. – semajhan Dec 15 '10 at 23:51
i added a new link to a good one above – slim Dec 16 '10 at 00:39
Page not found! – Farshad Khodamoradi Aug 16 '20 at 07:23

Android accelerometer

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