How to emulate a gyroscope in an Android Emulator

Code_Yoga picture Code_Yoga · Jul 24, 2012 · Viewed 16k times · Source

I am trying to work on stuff related to a gyroscope. My phone does not have a built in gyroscope. Is there a way to include the gyroscope functionality in the emulator, at least make the emulator set in such a way that it behaves as if it had a real gyroscope?

p.s. I do not need to read any values from the gyroscope, I just want the emulator to think that it has one.

I have searched thoroughly and all I've found was this: http://code.google.com/p/openintents/wiki/SensorSimulator

But this does not make the emulator feel that it has a in built gyroscope, instead it runs an app in the emulator and fetches readings from sensors that are simulated in "SensorSimulator".

Any info would be helpful

Answer

Jamal Eason picture Jamal Eason · Nov 8, 2016

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The Android Emulator, launched with Android Studio 3.0 can simulate a range of rotation sensors that just might address your use case. We specially added a Gyroscope in the Android Emulator v26.1.0.