Just a quick addendum to my last comment - I found an html5 online compass demo that works well on the device. That means I might be able to use the browser widget that displays the map to read the compass from the device. If that works, I could reset the map heading inside the widget without having to get data from LC.
That is actually a huge amount of work, and I hate to have to resort to that, but having the heading jump around so much is just unworkable. I am not sure how the browser can get a steady reading when LC is not getting a steady reading from the system. On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 2:06 PM Jonathan Lynch <jonathandly...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jacqueline, > > Thank you for this reply. I keep working with this issue, but I still > cannot resolve it. When I put the Android phone down on a table, to be > still, the compass heading from LC jumps up and down by as much as 10 > degrees - way too big of a range just to round. > > However, the compass app I downloaded on that same device is rock steady. > > I really wish it would just work, rather than having to massage the data > from the device. > > On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 4:24 PM J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> On 8/11/18 3:34 PM, Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode wrote: >> > I have a new galaxy phone. When I read the mobile compass, both >> magnetic heading and true heading constantly change - even if the phone is >> laying down still. It changes up and down randomly by 5 degrees or so. Does >> anyone know if this is a problem with LC or with galaxy phones? My iPhone >> does not do this. >> >> My Galaxy S5 does the same thing with a LC compass I made. My guess is >> that's the way Android reads GPS data. When it tries to find my house, >> it does a whole bunch of hops around the circumference before settling >> down on the center, and even then it still twitches as it tries for more >> accuracy. >> >> A compass I downloaded from the Play Store does not do that on my Pixel. >> I'd guess that the app is doing some rounding to the nearest integer, >> since it doesn't display fractional values. >> >> Try downloading a few of the dozens of compasses on the Play Store and >> see how they behave. It may be that LC is actually more precise than you >> want it to be. I do know that LC is only reporting what the OS tells it. >> >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > > -- > Do all things with love > -- Do all things with love _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
