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Android Accelerometer Sensor

  1. Get X, Y & Z Direction through Accelerometer in Android
  2. Create Accelerometer Sensor Event in Android
  3. Shake to call Next Page Activity in Android

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Here I am using,
OS : Linux (Ubuntu 12.04)
Eclipse : Juno (Version 4.2.0)
Android API Level : 3 to 'n' as per need
Emulator API Level : It will be displayed in output image 

A. Get X, Y & Z Direction through Accelerometer in Android

Step 1 : Select File -> New -> Project -> Android Application Project (or) Android Project. Fill the forms and click "Finish" button. If you have any doubt regarding create a new project Click Here.

Step 2 : Open res -> layout -> activity_main.xml (or) main.xml and add following code :

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/rl"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >
 
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:textSize="25sp"
        android:textColor="#4169E1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="65dp"
        android:text="Accelerometer" />
 
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView2"
        android:textSize="18sp"
        android:textColor="#FF0000"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_above="@+id/textView3"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginBottom="30dp"
        android:text="X Value" />
 
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView3"
        android:textSize="18sp"
        android:textColor="#FF0000"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:text="Y Value" />
 
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView4"
        android:textSize="18sp"
        android:textColor="#FF0000"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_below="@+id/textView3"
        android:layout_marginTop="30dp"
        android:text="Z Value" />
 
</RelativeLayout>

Step 3 : Open src -> package -> MainActivity.java and add following code :

package balaji.accelerometer_ex1;
 
import android.hardware.Sensor;
import android.hardware.SensorEvent;
import android.hardware.SensorEventListener;
import android.hardware.SensorManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.text.Html;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.widget.TextView;
 
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements SensorEventListener {
 
 private SensorManager sensorManager;
 
 TextView x;
 TextView y;
 TextView z;
 
 String sx, sy, sz;
 
 @Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  
  x = (TextView) findViewById (R.id.textView2);
  y = (TextView) findViewById (R.id.textView3);
  z = (TextView) findViewById (R.id.textView4);
  
  sensorManager = (SensorManager) getSystemService(SENSOR_SERVICE);
  
  sensorManager.registerListener(this, sensorManager.getDefaultSensor
    (Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER), SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_NORMAL);
 }
 
 @Override
 public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
  // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
  getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
  return true;
 }
 
 @Override
 public void onAccuracyChanged(Sensor arg0, int arg1) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  
 }
 
 @Override
 public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent event) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  
  if(event.sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER){
   
   float xVal = event.values[0];
   float yVal = event.values[1];
   float zVal = event.values[2];
   
   sx = "X Value : <font color = '#800080'> " + xVal + "</font>";
   sy = "Y Value : <font color = '#800080'> " + yVal + "</font>";
   sz = "Z Value : <font color = '#800080'> " + zVal + "</font>";
   
   x.setText(Html.fromHtml(sx));
   y.setText(Html.fromHtml(sy));
   z.setText(Html.fromHtml(sz));
  }
 }
}

Step 4 : Open AndroidManifest.xml and add following code :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="balaji.accelerometer_ex1"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >
 
    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="3"
        android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name="balaji.accelerometer_ex1.MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
 
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>
 
</manifest>

Step 5 : Open res ->values ->strings.xml and add following code :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
 
    <string name="app_name">Accelerometer_Ex1</string>
    <string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string>
    <string name="menu_settings">Settings</string>
 
</resources>

Step 6 : Our output will be like this :




Output

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B. Create Accelerometer Sensor Event in Android

Step 1 : Select File -> New -> Project -> Android Application Project (or) Android Project. Fill the forms and click "Finish" button. If you have any doubt regarding create a new project Click Here.

Step 2 : Open res -> layout -> activity_main.xml (or) main.xml and add following code :

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >
 
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:textSize="25sp"
        android:textColor="#4169E1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="60dp"
        android:text="Accelerometer - Shake" />
 
</RelativeLayout>

Step 3 : Open src -> package -> MainActivity.java and add following code :

package balaji.accelerometer_ex2;
 
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;
import android.widget.Toast;
 
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements SensorEventListener {
 
 SensorManager sm;
 TextView text;
 long lastUpdate;
  
 /** Called when the activity is first created. */
 @Override
 public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  
  text = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView1);
 
  sm = (SensorManager) getSystemService(SENSOR_SERVICE);
  lastUpdate = System.currentTimeMillis();
 }
 
 @Override
 public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent event) {
  
  if (event.sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER) {
   
   getAccelerometer(event);
  }
 }
 
 private void getAccelerometer(SensorEvent event) {
  
  float[] values = event.values;
 
  float x = values[0];
  float y = values[1];
  float z = values[2];
 
  float accelationSquareRoot = (x*x + y*y + z*z)
    / (SensorManager.GRAVITY_EARTH * SensorManager.GRAVITY_EARTH);
  
  long actualTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
  
  if (accelationSquareRoot >= 2) {
   
   if (actualTime-lastUpdate < 200) {
    
    return;
   }
   
   lastUpdate = actualTime;
   
   // Perform your Action Here..
   
   Toast.makeText(this, "Device was shuffled",
     Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
  }
 }
 
 @Override
 public void onAccuracyChanged(Sensor sensor, int accuracy) {
 
 }
 
 @Override
 protected void onPause() {
  // unregister listener
  super.onPause();
  sm.unregisterListener(this);
 }
 
 @Override
 protected void onResume() {
   
  super.onResume();
  sm.registerListener(this, sm.getDefaultSensor
    (Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER), SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_NORMAL);
 }
}

Step 4 : Open AndroidManifest.xml and add following code :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="balaji.accelerometer_ex2"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >
 
    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="3"
        android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name="balaji.accelerometer_ex2.MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
 
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>
 
</manifest>

Step 5 : Open res ->values ->strings.xml and add following code :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
 
    <string name="app_name">Accelerometer</string>
    <string name="menu_settings">Settings</string>
 
</resources>

Step 6 : Our output will be like this :




Output

Run this Program in Real Device






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