Friday, August 31, 2012

Determine light level, Sensor.TYPE_LIGHT.

Example to determine light level using Android light sensor:

Determine light level, Sensor.TYPE_LIGHT.


package com.example.androidsensor;

import android.hardware.Sensor;
import android.hardware.SensorEvent;
import android.hardware.SensorEventListener;
import android.hardware.SensorManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 
 TextView textLIGHT_available, textLIGHT_reading;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        
        textLIGHT_available 
         = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.LIGHT_available);
        textLIGHT_reading 
         = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.LIGHT_reading);
     
     SensorManager mySensorManager = (SensorManager)getSystemService(SENSOR_SERVICE);
     
     Sensor LightSensor = mySensorManager.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_LIGHT);
     if(LightSensor != null){
      textLIGHT_available.setText("Sensor.TYPE_LIGHT Available");
      mySensorManager.registerListener(
        LightSensorListener, 
        LightSensor, 
        SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_NORMAL);
      
     }else{
      textLIGHT_available.setText("Sensor.TYPE_LIGHT NOT Available");
     }
    }
    
    private final SensorEventListener LightSensorListener
     = new SensorEventListener(){

   @Override
   public void onAccuracyChanged(Sensor sensor, int accuracy) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    
   }

   @Override
   public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent event) {
    if(event.sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_LIGHT){
     textLIGHT_reading.setText("LIGHT: " + event.values[0]);
    }
   }
     
    };

}


<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" 
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/hello_world"
        tools:context=".MainActivity" />
    
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/LIGHT_available"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/LIGHT_reading"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</LinearLayout>


Related:
- Access temperature sensor, TYPE_TEMPERATURE and TYPE_AMBIENT_TEMPERATURE.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Excellent, simple and working perfectly fine.

Anonymous said...

Works perfect, thank you very much!

Su4akra [UA Syndicate] said...

This is the best solution! Great thanks to author!
This help me to add more entropy source to save key generator in my cryptographic work

Anonymous said...

how to find light kind using light sensor for example Fluorescent. Im planing to make a indoor navigation using light please help me with this