On Jul 19, 9:19 pm, Adam Ratana <adam.rat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You want to use TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD this way, instead of GRAVITY.  GRAVITY I
> haven't seen before but the accelerometer is actually a gravity sensor, so
> I'm wondering if its the same data for each?

It says:
===
Note: When the device is at rest, the output of the gravity sensor
should be identical to that of the accelerometer.
==

So it might be safe to use the accelerometer some of the time but I'm
not sure why the sample doesn't use gravity.

Nathan

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