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Frank Cameron-Wilson
8,814 PointsShakeDetector for the Crystal Ball app
Hi, I've noticed that in the Android reference docs for the SensorManger class, it says** "Don't use this mechanism with a Trigger Sensor". I see that on the **Sensor class reference that TYPE_SIGNIFICANT_MOTION is the only trigger sensor and that we in the project select the TYPE_ACCELEROMETER to test. My Question/s is/are +Would it be better to have a trigger sensor for the shake detector? +If so, could the shake detector file be changed to a triggerSensor class, then just change the initialization code in the MainActivity. Or would the whole shake detector file need to be re-written for the TYPE_SIGNIFICANT_MOTION sensor. Thank you in advance.
2 Answers
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherI've never heard of TYPE_SIGNIFICANT_MOTION, so I can't comment as to its feasibility for shake detection. If you try it out, let us know how it works!
Frank Cameron-Wilson
8,814 PointsThat sorted it, Thank you.
Frank Cameron-Wilson
8,814 PointsFrank Cameron-Wilson
8,814 PointsHi, I've been trying to use the TYPE_SIGNIFICANT_MOTION, but without success. I made a copy of the crystal ball app file from the workspace folder, but now i've put it back the errors that i had, when trying to use this sensor, are still there. Is there an eclipse cache that i can empty, or something??
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherBen Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherIf you do Project > Clean it will refresh and rebuild everything from scratch. If that doesn't get rid of the errors then there must be some other related problem.