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One of the several sensors present on an Android device

The proximity sensor detects when the user is holding the phone close to his/her ear and either shuts off or locks the screen so he/she don't accidentally hang up the call.

Reference page for sensors: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Sensor.html

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Disable Proximity Sensor during call

I dropped my phone and looks like my proximity sensor no longer works reliably. It returns Near all the time. The problem is, the display turns off during call and I wont be able to use the number pad to enter pin or conference another call, or even…
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Keep display on when the proximity sensor is covered

I want to intercept the proximity sensor without turning off the display. I know by the documentation that I have two Bool variables: proximityMonitoringEnabled proximityState and this code [UIDevice currentDevice].proximityMonitoringEnabled =…
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How to take a picture using the proximity sensor?

I am having trouble getting the device to take an image using the rear view camera when the proximity sensor is enabled. I don't want the camera preview to show up, just want the device to take the photo and present it in the imageView. I have the…
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How to use proximity sensor programmatically with iOS development?

After some googling, I can understand that the "proximity sensor" which is used to on/off screen when the device is away/near from the user. I watched this video (watch from 30th sec) and surprised about this cool stuff. I want to implement it in my…
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Detect if the phone is in pocket or not

This question is not exactly about code but rather implementation. I am working on an app that requires to check if the phone is in pocket or not. I have a simple algorithm to detect user steps when walking. The problem is movement in hand can also…
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Android proximity sensor issue only in Samsung devices

Specific scenario to avoid problems: Behaviour for Activity in Samsung devices was different in the manner that every time there was a change detected, for proximity, it resulted in a call to onPause()/onResume() ONLY on SAMSUNG devices. I was…
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UnregisterListener doesn't work with PROXIMITY_SCREEN_OFF_WAKE_LOCK

I have this code public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements SensorEventListener { private SensorManager mSensorManager; private Sensor mProximity; private PowerManager mPowerManager; private PowerManager.WakeLock…
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How to get current value of Android's proximity sensor?

Is it possible to get the current value of the Proximity Sensor in Android? I know that I can use SensorManager and Sensor and register a state changed listener, but I have no need to be notified of every state change, so it would be highly…
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Proximity Sensor is not working in iPhone 4 device

//I have created below snippet to let the sensor to be detected. -(void)addProximitySensorControl { UIDevice *device = [UIDevice currentDevice]; device.proximityMonitoringEnabled = YES; BOOL state = device.proximityState; …
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iOS Objective-C Turn off Proximity Monitoring while VoiceOver is active

I would like to disable Proximity Monitoring, so that screen remains always ON, not matter how close something is to the sensor. I tried it by using: UIDevice.currentDevice.proximityMonitoringEnabled = NO; Normally it is working as expected,…
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Proximity sensor strange operation iOS

I am developing an application that requires the proximity sensor constantly active during execution. I put this code in the app delegate: [UIApplication sharedApplication].idleTimerDisabled = YES; [UIDevice currentDevice].proximityMonitoringEnabled…
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onAccuracyChanged, why?

this is one of the auto-generated functions I get when implementing SensorEventListener i've searched and didn't find anymore than this description: "Do something if sensor accuracy changes." when and how does the proximity sensor accuracy…
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Unexpected false return value from android.hardware.SensorManager.registerListener in Android 4.3

Used LG Nexus 4, Android 4.3 The return value is sometimes false and I don't understand why. Documentation says: "true if the sensor is supported and successfully enabled." What is strange is that no examples I've seen is testing return value from…
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How to change the shape of a Geofence

The new Location API in Google allows for creating and monitoring a Geofence that's a circular region with the Geofence.Builder class. This class only has methods defined for creating a geofence with a circular shape. I was wondering if it was…
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Android: addProximityAlert LocationManager Method doesn't send Broadcast

I'm working on an Android Project where i'm using AddProximityAlert method, as you already know this method let you set a proximity alert for the location given by the position (latitude, longitude) and the given radius, and notify you if you are so…
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