If you want it to really look like an aircraft compass, construct it as a sphere with markings in openGL.
On Oct 31, 4:51 am, "josef.hardi" <josef.ha...@gmail.com> wrote: > I want to create a non-generic compass that uses rotating directions > instead of a rotating needle as in the conventional compass. The > drawing is like the illustration below. > > | > ' ' W ' ' ' ' ' N ' ' ' ' ' E ' ' ' ' ' S ' ' ' > > (shift a bit to the east) > > | > ' ' ' ' ' N ' ' ' ' ' E ' ' ' ' ' S ' ' ' ' ' W > > The needle (depict as "|") is fixed and the direction string should > have > some sort of "rotation" effect that immediately relocates each sign or > character from one tip of the edge to the opposite edge. Of course, > the movement follows the reading of the Android sensor. > > Does anyone has an idea how to implement this? I stumbled with how > I create the rotation effect and connect the string's movement with > the sensor reading. > > Thanks > /Joe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
