Hi I am building a 3D game for Android.
I am currently trying to add a sensor to my game that allows the player to tilt the android as its controls.
Ideally I would like to use the ORIENTATION sensor, but I noticed it has been deprecated. Does anyone know how to detect tilt in the android and doesn't use this sensor?
There is no actual "orientation" sensor - this is (was) actually a composite sensor, generated from a combination of the accelerometer and the magnometer.
From http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEvent.html
"This sensor type exists for legacy reasons, please use getRotationMatrix() in conjunction with remapCoordinateSystem() and getOrientation() to compute these values instead."
public class OrientationTestActivity extends Activity implements SensorEventListener
{
private SensorManager mSensorManager;
private Sensor mAccelerometer;
private Sensor mMagnetometer;
private float[] mLastAccelerometer = new float[3];
private float[] mLastMagnetometer = new float[3];
private boolean mLastAccelerometerSet = false;
private boolean mLastMagnetometerSet = false;
private float[] mR = new float[9];
private float[] mOrientation = new float[3];
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
mSensorManager = (SensorManager)getSystemService(SENSOR_SERVICE);
mAccelerometer = mSensorManager.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER);
mMagnetometer = mSensorManager.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD);
}
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
mLastAccelerometerSet = false;
mLastMagnetometerSet = false;
mSensorManager.registerListener(this, mAccelerometer, SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_NORMAL);
mSensorManager.registerListener(this, mMagnetometer, SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_NORMAL);
}
protected void onPause() {
super.onPause();
mSensorManager.unregisterListener(this);
}
public void onAccuracyChanged(Sensor sensor, int accuracy) {
}
@Override
public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent event) {
if (event.sensor == mAccelerometer) {
System.arraycopy(event.values, 0, mLastAccelerometer, 0, event.values.length);
mLastAccelerometerSet = true;
} else if (event.sensor == mMagnetometer) {
System.arraycopy(event.values, 0, mLastMagnetometer, 0, event.values.length);
mLastMagnetometerSet = true;
}
if (mLastAccelerometerSet && mLastMagnetometerSet) {
SensorManager.getRotationMatrix(mR, null, mLastAccelerometer, mLastMagnetometer);
SensorManager.getOrientation(mR, mOrientation);
Log.i("OrientationTestActivity", String.format("Orientation: %f, %f, %f",
mOrientation[0], mOrientation[1], mOrientation[2]));
}
}
}