OpenFL take input from device gyroscope

Question

Okay, so I am working on a mobile app in OpenFL and Haxe. I would like to gather input from the gyroscope, or more specifically about the orientation of the phone. I have searched the openfl docs, and google for some kind of documentation or examples on this sort of thing. I had no luck there and would like to know if anyone could point me toward some.

Answer 1

1. Make a new Accelerometer:

   private var _acc:Accelerometer = new Accelerometer();
   

2. Add an event listener to it:

   _acc.addEventListener(AccelerometerEvent.UPDATE, updateAcc);
   

3. Listen to results:

   private function updateAcc(Event:AccelerometerEvent):Void 
   {
       trace("x:" + Event.accelerationX);
       trace("y:" + Event.accelerationY);
       trace("z:" + Event.accelerationZ);
   }
   

Note than iOS accelerometer values are inverted.