To get going, all you need to do is
- Create a new Android project
- Replace the contents of main.xml with the xml in this sample
- Replace the contents of your Activity class with the code in this sample
Following is the new main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TableLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:stretchColumns="1">
<TableRow>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/accelerometer_label"
android:layout_column="1"
android:text="Accelerometer"
android:textSize="9pt"
android:padding="3dip" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/accel_x_label"
android:layout_column="1"
android:text="X:"
android:textSize="8pt"
android:padding="3dip" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/accel_x_value"
android:gravity="right"
android:textSize="8pt"
android:padding="3dip" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/accel_y_label"
android:layout_column="1"
android:text="Y:"
android:textSize="8pt"
android:padding="3dip" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/accel_y_value"
android:gravity="right"
android:textSize="8pt"
android:padding="3dip" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/accel_z_label"
android:layout_column="1"
android:text="Z:"
android:textSize="8pt"
android:padding="3dip" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/accel_z_value"
android:gravity="right"
android:textSize="8pt"
android:padding="3dip" />
</TableRow>
<View
android:layout_height="2dip"
android:background="#FF909090" />
<TableRow>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/orientation_label"
android:layout_column="1"
android:text="Orientation"
android:textSize="9pt"
android:padding="3dip" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/orient_x_label"
android:layout_column="1"
android:text="X:"
android:textSize="8pt"
android:padding="3dip" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/orient_x_value"
android:gravity="right"
android:textSize="8pt"
android:padding="3dip" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/orient_y_label"
android:layout_column="1"
android:text="Y:"
android:textSize="8pt"
android:padding="3dip" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/orient_y_value"
android:gravity="right"
android:textSize="8pt"
android:padding="3dip" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/orient_z_label"
android:layout_column="1"
android:text="Z:"
android:textSize="8pt"
android:padding="3dip" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/orient_z_value"
android:gravity="right"
android:textSize="8pt"
android:padding="3dip" />
</TableRow>
</TableLayout>
Following is the new Android Activity Java class
package com.blogspot.mobilestrategist;
import com.blogspot.mobilestrategist.R;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.hardware.Sensor;
import android.hardware.SensorEvent;
import android.hardware.SensorEventListener;
import android.hardware.SensorManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class AccelOrientExample extends Activity implements SensorEventListener {
// Accelerometer X, Y, and Z values
private TextView accelXValue;
private TextView accelYValue;
private TextView accelZValue;
// Orientation X, Y, and Z values
private TextView orientXValue;
private TextView orientYValue;
private TextView orientZValue;
private SensorManager sensorManager = null;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
// Get a reference to a SensorManager
sensorManager = (SensorManager) getSystemService(SENSOR_SERVICE);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
// Capture accelerometer related view elements
accelXValue = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.accel_x_value);
accelYValue = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.accel_y_value);
accelZValue = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.accel_z_value);
// Capture orientation related view elements
orientXValue = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.orient_x_value);
orientYValue = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.orient_y_value);
orientZValue = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.orient_z_value);
// Initialize accelerometer related view elements
accelXValue.setText("0.00");
accelYValue.setText("0.00");
accelZValue.setText("0.00");
// Initialize orientation related view elements
orientXValue.setText("0.00");
orientYValue.setText("0.00");
orientZValue.setText("0.00");
}
// This method will update the UI on new sensor events
public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent sensorEvent) {
synchronized (this) {
if (sensorEvent.sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER) {
accelXValue.setText(Float.toString(sensorEvent.values[0]));
accelYValue.setText(Float.toString(sensorEvent.values[1]));
accelZValue.setText(Float.toString(sensorEvent.values[2]));
}
if (sensorEvent.sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_ORIENTATION) {
orientXValue.setText(Float.toString(sensorEvent.values[0]));
orientYValue.setText(Float.toString(sensorEvent.values[1]));
orientZValue.setText(Float.toString(sensorEvent.values[2]));
}
}
}
// I've chosen to not implement this method
public void onAccuracyChanged(Sensor arg0, int arg1) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
@Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
// Register this class as a listener for the accelerometer sensor
sensorManager.registerListener(this, sensorManager.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER), SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_NORMAL);
// ...and the orientation sensor
sensorManager.registerListener(this, sensorManager.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_ORIENTATION), SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_NORMAL);
}
@Override
protected void onStop() {
// Unregister the listener
sensorManager.unregisterListener(this);
super.onStop();
}
}