Android Accelerometer

Question

Is it just me or can't I find a simple tutorial on accessing the accelerometer in android via google search? Every time I look for some simple tutorial (countdowntimers, actions, handlers, threads), I can find some, but for some reason the subject of the accelerometer is vague. I will use examples from sdk as a second or third source, as soon as I get a clearer understanding from a simpler (as for beginners) source, which are examples of tutorials that others provide on their blogs / website. Where can I get a simple accelerometer tutorial? The two books that I have have nothing about this.

Answer 1

Have you tried this https://github.com/commonsguy/cw-andtutorials/tree/master/38-Sensors ?

Answer 2

This is a very useful bit of documentation from the Android help system, especially pay attention to the low-pass filter, which can be very useful for smoothing jitter.

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEvent.html#values

Answer 3

Milette "Professional Android Touch Device Programming" is a good book for programming Android sensors.

If you do not want to buy it, you can always use Google for an e-book.