I am currently developing an physical activity tracking app for my university projectand i'm starting by creating a pedometer but it doesn't work.
package com.example.myapplication;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.hardware.Sensor;
import android.hardware.SensorEvent;
import android.hardware.SensorEventListener;
import android.hardware.SensorManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.WindowManager;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements SensorEventListener{
private TextView textViewStepCounter;
private SensorManager sensorManager;
private Sensor nStepCounter;
private boolean isCounterSensorPresent;
int stepcount=0;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON);
textViewStepCounter = findViewById(R.id.steps);
sensorManager = (SensorManager) getSystemService(SENSOR_SERVICE);
if(sensorManager.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_STEP_COUNTER)!=null){
nStepCounter=sensorManager.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_STEP_COUNTER);
isCounterSensorPresent=true;
}else{
textViewStepCounter.setText("Counter sensor is not present.");
isCounterSensorPresent=false;
}
}
@Override
public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent sensorEvent) {
if(sensorEvent.sensor == nStepCounter){
stepcount=(int) sensorEvent.values[0];
textViewStepCounter.setText(String.valueOf(stepcount));
}
}
@Override
public void onAccuracyChanged(Sensor sensor, int i) {
}
@Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
if(sensorManager.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_STEP_COUNTER)!=null){
sensorManager.registerListener(this,nStepCounter,SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_NORMAL);
}
}
@Override
protected void onPause() {
super.onPause();
if(sensorManager.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_STEP_COUNTER)!=null){
sensorManager.unregisterListener(this,nStepCounter);
}
}
}
After trying it on my phone (Huawei Mate20 Lite) it doesn't change the TextView value, is there something wrong with the code ? Or maybe I don't have the sensor?
Other pedometer apps work just fine.