Also, found a reasonable alternative to the solutions here in the chromium source - looks like from a google search this had to be patched there, too --
https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/content/public/android/java/src/org/chromium/content/browser/DeviceMotionAndOrientation.java?pathrev=246398 See starting line 194. When people discuss fragmentation, it's kind of funny because it's things like this that I find bothersome, things breaking through no fault of our own, and only on specific devices! Good thing this broke on flagship devices, otherwise it might be a struggle for myself or others who come across this to make sense of it and deploy a quick fix... On Sunday, January 26, 2014 7:24:41 PM UTC-5, Adam Ratana wrote: > > Just got bit by this when I updated the target-sdk from 16. Prior to > that this was not happening for my S4 and Note 3 users. > > On Wednesday, October 2, 2013 1:39:12 PM UTC-4, String wrote: >> >> I've already worked around the problem; I wasn't posting here looking for >> solutions, more to put this out there so that the next dev getting >> motion-sensor errors on a Note 3 (or similar) would be able to find it. >> Sorry I didn't make that clear. >> >> My solution looks like this: >> >> try { >> SensorManager.getRotationMatrixFromVector(R, rotationVector); >> } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) { >> if (rotationVector.length > 3) { >> // Note 3 bug >> float[] newVector = new float[] { >> rotationVector[0], >> rotationVector[1], >> rotationVector[2] >> }; >> SensorManager.getRotationMatrixFromVector(R, newVector); >> } >> } >> >> I couldn't come up with a good decision criteria for trapping the bug >> preemptively, so I went with catching the exception instead. I've confirmed >> that this solution works with a Note 3 user who was experiencing the bug, >> plus it doesn't break on other devices (including a Galaxy Nexus on 4.3 and >> a Galaxy S4 on 4.2.2). >> >> String >> > -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
