How to get accelerometer data in IOS?

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NSCry picture NSCry · Apr 16, 2012 · Viewed 20k times · Source

I am using the UIAccelerotmeterDelegate method accelerometer:didAccelerate: but recently that method has been deprecated in iOS 5.0. So what is the alternative way to get the accelerometer data? The documentation does not mention the alternative we are supposed to use.

Answer

Ole Begemann picture Ole Begemann · Apr 16, 2012

You should use the Core Motion framework (introduced in iOS 4.0) as a substitue. Create an instance of CMMotionManager and tell it to startAccelerometerUpdatesToQueue:withHandler:, passing it an NSOperationQueue and a block that will be executed on the specified queue whenever new accelerometer data is available.

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