- Android Sensor Programming By Example
- Android Sensor Programming By Example
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. Sensor Fundamentals
- What are sensors?
- Motion, position, and environmental sensors
- Sensors' coordinate system
- Components of the sensor framework
- Sensor's sampling period, power, and battery consumption
- The reporting modes of sensors
- Dealing with specific sensor configuration
- Sensor availability based on the Android API level
- Best practice for accessing sensors
- Summary
- 2. Playing with Sensors
- Understanding the sensor framework callbacks
- Time for action - using sensors in the foreground activity
- Time for action – listing the available sensors on a device
- Time for action – knowing individual sensors' capabilities
- Time for action – getting the sensor values and updating the user interface
- Time for action – processing the sensor values in the background service
- What just happened?
- Summary
- 3. The Environmental Sensors – The Weather Utility App
- The weather utility app's requirements
- Understanding environmental sensors
- Time for action – using the temperature sensor
- Getting air pressure from the phone's pressure sensor
- Getting relative humidity from the phone's humidity sensor
- Summary
- 4. The Light and Proximity Sensors
- Understanding the light and proximity sensors
- The automatic torch light and screen brightness app requirements
- Time for action – turning the torch light on and off using the proximity sensor
- Time for action – adjusting the screen brightness using the light sensor
- Wake locks, wakeup sensors, and the FIFO queue
- Summary
- 5. The Motion, Position, and Fingerprint Sensors
- Understanding motion-based sensors
- Understanding position-based sensors
- The fingerprint sensor
- Time for action – shake detection using the accelerometer sensor
- Time for action – the compass using orientation sensor and orientation APIs
- Time for action – using the fingerprint sensor
- What just happened?
- Summary
- 6. The Step Counter and Detector Sensors – The Pedometer App
- The pedometer app's requirements
- Understanding the step counter and step detector sensors
- Time for action – using the step counter sensor in activity
- Time for action – maintaining step history with the step detector sensor
- Understanding the walking, jogging, and running signatures using the accelerometer sensor's data
- Time for action – type of step (walking, jogging, and running) detection using the accelerometer sensor
- Summary
- 7. The Google Fit Platform and APIs – The Fitness Tracker App
- The Google Fit platform
- Platform basics
- Authorization and permission scopes
- Fitness tracker app using fitness APIs
- Fitness tracker application requirements and architecture
- Time for action – working with live fitness data using the Sensors API
- Time for action – recording fitness data in background using Recording API
- Time for action – getting history fitness data using the History API
- Summary
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