Detect rotation around X, Y & Z axis, using SensorManager and SensorEventListener

SensorManager is a class that lets you access the device's sensors. SensorEventListener is used for receiving notifications from the SensorManager when sensor values have changed.



The method onSensorChanged(SensorEvent event) of SensorEventListener will be called when sensor values have changed. The rotation in degree can be retrieved from event.values[0], event.values[1] and event.values[2].

event.values[0]: azimuth, rotation around the Z axis.
event.values[1]: pitch, rotation around the X axis.
event.values[2]: roll, rotation around the Y axis.

Modify main.xml to have three TextView to display azimuth, pitch and roll.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   android:orientation="vertical"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="fill_parent"
   >
<TextView 
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:text="@string/hello"
   />
<TextView 
   android:id="@+id/textazimuth"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:text="Azimuth: "
   />
<TextView 
   android:id="@+id/textpitch"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:text="Pitch: "
   />
<TextView 
   android:id="@+id/textroll"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:text="Roll: "
   />
</LinearLayout>

AndroidSensorEventListener.java

package com.exercise.AndroidSensorEventListener;

import java.util.List;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
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 AndroidSensorEventListener extends Activity {
 
 TextView textviewAzimuth, textviewPitch, textviewRoll;
 private static SensorManager mySensorManager;
 private boolean sersorrunning;
 
   /** Called when the activity is first created. */
   @Override
   public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
       setContentView(R.layout.main);
       textviewAzimuth = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textazimuth);
       textviewPitch = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textpitch);
       textviewRoll = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textroll);

       mySensorManager = (SensorManager)getSystemService(Context.SENSOR_SERVICE);
       List<Sensor> mySensors = mySensorManager.getSensorList(Sensor.TYPE_ORIENTATION);
  
       if(mySensors.size() > 0){
        mySensorManager.registerListener(mySensorEventListener, mySensors.get(0), SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_NORMAL);
        sersorrunning = true;
        Toast.makeText(this, "Start ORIENTATION Sensor", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
       }
       else{
        Toast.makeText(this, "No ORIENTATION Sensor", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        sersorrunning = false;
        finish();
       }

   }
  
   private SensorEventListener mySensorEventListener = new SensorEventListener() {
  
  @Override
  public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent event) {
   // TODO Auto-generated method stub
   
           textviewAzimuth.setText("Azimuth: " + String.valueOf(event.values[0]));
           textviewPitch.setText("Pitch: " + String.valueOf(event.values[1]));
           textviewRoll.setText("Roll: " + String.valueOf(event.values[2]));

  }
  
  @Override
  public void onAccuracyChanged(Sensor sensor, int accuracy) {
   // TODO Auto-generated method stub

  }
 };

 @Override
 protected void onDestroy() {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  super.onDestroy();
  
  if(sersorrunning){
   mySensorManager.unregisterListener(mySensorEventListener);
   Toast.makeText(AndroidSensorEventListener.this, "unregisterListener", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
  }
 }
}

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