Sensor Simulator

First, this is an excellent simulator. My only comment (and admittedly it is a weak complaint) is that it assumes that the accelerometer is dead center in the device (variations of Yaw have no affect on the accelerometer where pitch and roll remain constant). Of course, it may (albeit I would think somewhat unlikely) be that the device manufacturer will place the sensor dead center in the device. However, I would think it would be more useful to simulate it as if the sensor were placed in the front of the device. This way we could simulate a swinging motion common in alot of games. However, I realize this might be far more difficult to simulate:)

Thanks again for the sensor simulator. Great Job!

Excellent indeed. Proved very useful to check if my talking compass code worked as intended in the Android SDK 0.9 beta emulator. Thanks Peli!

I cannot get past the Connection Intent for the Emulator. Once finished and connected, I try to go back to my main activity, but it always takes me back to the Menu, can anyone help?

I am having the same problem. I added the following code and now instead of going to my app, it takes me to the Sesnsor Simlulator configuration screen. when I hit back, it takes me back to the menu. can anyone help?

nm, i looked at the source code and figured it out. you may want to note that Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Hardware.Preferences.CONTENT_URI); startActivity(intent);

# and then

// first disable the current sensor mSensorManager.unregisterListener(mGraphView); // now connect to simulator SensorManagerSimulator?.connectSimulator(); // now enable the new sensors mSensorManager.registerListener(this,

SensorManager?.SENSOR_ACCELEROMETER | SensorManager?.SENSOR_MAGNETIC_FIELD | SensorManager?.SENSOR_ORIENTATION, SensorManager?.SENSOR_DELAY_FASTEST);

gets called not on create but when a button gets clicked.

As some users described above i have the same problem when starting my own app. It just takes me back to the simulator screen. It happens at connectSimulator() Anybody know what im doing wrong or what causes this?

regards, Martijn

The problem can be that you are putting in the wrong IP address in the emulator. turn on sensorsimulator.jar & take your IP address from there. It might work. But I`m facing a different problem. When I click on connect, after a couple of minutes it gives an error message "activity sensor simulator (in application open intents ) not responding", anyone knows how to overcome this problem??

Cheers, Avinash Parnandi

I solved it by not starting the intent in my application. Just connect to the simulator using the OpenIntent? application via the Testing tab. Click the Connect button and data from the simulator should be coming in. Then close the application and start your own application.

My problem is solved and my app is working with the sensor simulator now and works great. The problem is that i didnt had the permission INTERNET in the configuration XML. The rest of the example given above works but just loose the Intent.

we are doing a project on all the sensors in android operating system.so we need some help from you about designing(usecase diagrams,sequence diagram..........) and the documentation of it.

If your program is closing without an error try placing

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>

in your AndroidManifest?.xml directly after the <manifest> tag

:)

I was the preference/config screen then when I hit the back button it would close without a warning. When I finish a little app I will post.

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• Initialization of the Activity after it is first created. Must at least
• call {@link android.app.Activity#setContentView setContentView()} to
• describe what is to be displayed in the screen.

@Override

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

// Be sure to call the super class. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

// commented out to enable SensorSimulator class

//mSensorManager = (SensorManager?) getSystemService(SENSOR_SERVICE);

mGraphView = new GraphView?(this); setContentView(mGraphView);

// start of INSERTION FOR SensorSimulator

// Before calling any of the Simulator data, // the Content resolver has to be set !! Hardware.mContentResolver = getContentResolver();

// Link sensor manager to OpenIntents Sensor simulator mSensorManager = (SensorManager?) new SensorManagerSimulator?((SensorManager?)

getSystemService(SENSOR_SERVICE));

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,

Hardware.Preferences.CONTENT_URI); startActivity(intent);

// first disable the current sensor mSensorManager.unregisterListener(mGraphView);

// now connect to simulator SensorManagerSimulator?.connectSimulator();

// now enable the new sensors mSensorManager.registerListener(this,

SensorManager?.SENSOR_ACCELEROMETER | SensorManager?.SENSOR_MAGNETIC_FIELD | SensorManager?.SENSOR_ORIENTATION, SensorManager?.SENSOR_DELAY_FASTEST);

// end of INSERTION FOR SensorSimulator

}

@Override

protected void onResume() {

super.onResume();

// below commented out for SensorSimulator

//mSensorManager.registerListener(mGraphView,

// start of INSERTION FOR SensorSimulator

SensorManagerSimulator?.connectSimulator();

mSensorManager.registerListener(this,

// end of INSERTION FOR SensorSimulator

SensorManager?.SENSOR_ACCELEROMETER | SensorManager?.SENSOR_MAGNETIC_FIELD | SensorManager?.SENSOR_ORIENTATION, SensorManager?.SENSOR_DELAY_FASTEST);

}

@Override

protected void onStop() {

// below commented out for SensorSimulator

//mSensorManager.unregisterListener(mGraphView);

// start of INSERTION FOR SensorSimulator

mSensorManager.unregisterListener(this);

// end of INSERTION FOR SensorSimulator

super.onStop();

}

I tried running the java application. I get the following error

Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue?-0" java.lang.ClassCastException?: org.openintents.tools.sensorsimulator.MobilePanel?$2

at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.add(AWTEventMulticaster.java:528) at java.awt.Component.addMouseMotionListener(Component.java:4896) at org.openintents.tools.sensorsimulator.MobilePanel?.<init>(MobilePanel?.java:369) at org.openintents.tools.sensorsimulator.SensorSimulator.<init>(SensorSimulator.java:267) at org.openintents.tools.sensorsimulator.SensorSimulator.createAndShowGUI(SensorSimulator.java:1842) at org.openintents.tools.sensorsimulator.SensorSimulator.access$000(SensorSimulator.java:79) at org.openintents.tools.sensorsimulator.SensorSimulator$1.run(SensorSimulator.java:1887) at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent?.dispatch(InvocationEvent?.java:209) at java.awt.EventQueue?.dispatchEvent(EventQueue?.java:461) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread?.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread?.java:269) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread?.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread?.java:190) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread?.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread?.java:184) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread?.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread?.java:176) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread?.run(EventDispatchThread?.java:110)

Check your java version. Make sure it's 1.6

I am not getting a possible IP address from the Java app

hi, i have the same problem, it is going to directly my ip address again i click the back menu, it is going to main menu, can anyone help?

Hi,

I can add myself to the group of the people who are having the problem with the senson application showing up and then returning to main menu.

I noticed also the following things:

- when I enter the IP and click on connect in Emulator, the Simulator on my computer can change the values of sensors; - when I hit "back" on Emulator, the Simulator shows that all sensors are disconnected.

So from my point of view hitting "back" on Emulator closes the application wheres I would guess what is needed is keeping the application alive and only switching back to my application. How can this be done? Can I somehow do it programmatically in my code?

Can anyone from the ones who got this thing to work publish the code of their application? I guess the devil sits in the details here too and I must be missing something important :-(

Best regards

huckey

oh man yes... because i also look for two days how to solve.. i will AGAIN tell the solution of many probs here

add this in the androidmanifest.xml

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>

we are doing a project work on sensors in android operating system.so i have a problem with my Accelerometer that is ,it is not displaying the speed just it is displaying the values in the co-ordinate position.By using the Cordinate values we have to calculate the speed. so,it is making a disadvantage in my project, so suggest me to overcome this problem.

Hi,

I tried to port the openintents.apk on the Texas Instrument "Zoom" board. The board was uploaded with Kernel 2.6.27.10 & Android file system version 1.5.

Due to some reasons the openintents apk is not appearing on the device. However, the same apk is working fine on the emulator (with SDK 1.1 r1). Using ls command (to view the apks installed on the device) on PC connected to device, I do see the openintents apk, yet, its not visible on Zoom.

CAn you please help me with this??

Thanks.

Best Regards, Zhubham.

Hi,

I cannot access the Sensor Simulator settings in the Open Intents app on the emulator. When I select it, I get only a black screen. This is the logcat output:

I/ActivityManager?( 567): Starting activity: Intent { action=android.intent.action.MAIN comp={org.openintents/org.openintents.hardware.SensorSimulatorSettingsActivity?} } D/qemud ( 546): fdhandler_accept_event: accepting on fd 10 D/qemud ( 546): created client 0xc088 listening on fd 14 D/qemud ( 546): client_fd_receive: attempting registration for service 'sensors' D/qemud ( 546): client_fd_receive: -> received channel id 7 D/qemud ( 546): multiplexer_handle_control: unknown control message (26 bytes): 'ko:connect:07:service busy' W/ActivityManager?( 567): Launch timeout has expired, giving up wake lock! W/ActivityManager?( 567): Activity idle timeout for HistoryRecord?{436b1840 {org.openintents/org.openintents.hardware.SensorSimulatorSettingsActivity?}}

The versions I use: Android emulator version 1.9 (build_id CUPCAKE-147336) AVD Target: Google APIs (Google Inc.) Based on Android 1.5 (API level 3) OpenIntents 0.9.0

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thomas

When I use Android 1.1 (API level 2) as the target of my avd it works.

I get the following error on SDK 1.5 emulator (and OMAP 3430 as well). Can anyone tell how to come out of this??

D:\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r1\tools>adb install D:\openintents-binary-01?.9.0\openintents-binary-0.9.0\OpenIntents.apk 549 KB/s (1196340 bytes in 2.124s) DDM dispatch reg wait timeout Can't dispatch DDM chunk 52454151: no handler defined Can't dispatch DDM chunk 48454c4f: no handler defined

pkg: /data/local/tmp/OpenIntents.apk

D:\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r1\tools>

I get teh same error on the emulator: adb install OpenIntents.apk 295 KB/s (1196340 bytes in 3.954s)

pkg: /data/local/tmp/OpenIntents.apk

I use the SDK 1.5 r1 as well

Are there any solution?

If you're getting the MISSING_SHARED_LIBRARY problems, you need to use the 'Google APIs' target for your avd - this includes the Location libraries that are no longer built into the default.

What is the problem when I run SensorSimulator into my Android simulator? When I pulse on OpenIntents --> Settings --> Sensor Simulator, It doesn't work and screen changes a black color (as like as the application doesn't run well).

And the screen of your example (IP & port configuration), I haven't found.

Thanks a lot.

Hi again,

I forgot the next:

I'm using GoogleMaps? + Android Simulator 1.5.

Thanks!

Wonderful work!

Please someone can update this document with this two instructions:

First, the Target MUST be the Google APIs (Using 1.5 standard will cause instalation of OpenIntents.apk to fail).

Second, add this in the androidmanifest.xml

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>

To add use tag "Permissions" -> Add -> android.permission.INTERNET o just copy paste it before closing the manifest tag:

<manifest> .... <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses-permission> </manifest>

Cheers.

I'm having the same problem as Paco. Where can I enter the IP and port???

When I pulse on OpenIntents --> Settings --> Sensor Simulator, the screen changes to black color and the emulator freezes.

(i) Can anyone please let me know the remedy of this??

(ii) Has it got something to do with the fact that Sensor and Compass APIDemo are failing on SDK 1.5 r1 emulator : refer http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/9f6c794b17eea701#

Thanks in advance.

Hi all, I have the same problem as sahilz750, Paco and finlaysoni, Is there any solution for that problem. For those that SensorSimulator works, which version of sdk and openintents do you use

I use Android SDK 1.5r2 with google apis and openintents 0.9.0 thank you for your Help

Hi guys, I'm using the latest version of the sensor somulator, and Android SDK 1.5r2. When I try to put in the IP address all I get is a blank screen. What can I do to fix this? Do I need a different version of teh SDK?

Hi all, I have executed on Android SDK 1.1. If you use Android SDK 1.5, Use Emulator on AVD for Android SDK 1.1 refer : http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/avd.html

Works like charm, thanks for that great piece of software!will mention OpenIntents in my Software.

I have successfully used it for the android sample Compass.java ! But now I am using it with "SensorEventListener?" and i guess its not supported in "SensorManagerSimulator?"!

Will this simulator work with Android 1.5 (Cupcake) release. If not where can get some gaming application to test my accelerometer on cupcake.

Could you tell me how to save the data that I collected into a file? Thanks. ---- A new Androider

while i'm installing OpenIntent?.apk..its not getting loaded into emulator.. error message is shown in command prompt pkg: /data/local/tmp/OpenIntents.apk Failure INSTALL_FAILED_MANIFEST_MALFORMED D:\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\tool plz help.... thanks in advance

First of all, thank you for this simulator! But I have to ask you a question. I've upgraded my Android SDK to 1.6 version, and I've realized that the Sensor constant changed if I use the new Interface SensorEventListener? ('cause the old one says it's deprecated!). So, anyone knows if I could use the sensorsimulator with the new Interface or I have to use the deprecated one?? Thank you guys!!

I'd like to second the request to update the sensor simulator to new Android SDK 1.6/2.0 APIs. Thanks!

if I want to use my HTC magic to control the SensorSimulator on computer,can i?

+1 for updating the sensor simulator to the new Android platform and SensorEventListener?. (I just updated some other code for this change, so maybe I could do the same for SensorSimulator and submit a patch.)

Question: The instructions above say "download the latest openintents-binary-x.x.x.zip". I don't see any such thing on the openintents download list. Does sensorsimulator-1.0.0-beta1.zip replace that file?

Thanks, Lars

P.S. Thanks HastCibernio? for the tip about requiring the Google APIs as a target!

As Nicholaus said it would be great to have version for 1.6/2.0/2.1. Thanks

Is there any version to test applications with android 2.0 and SensorEventListener? ?