I am working on application where I need to collect accelerometer and location data & send them over web-server. I have to collect the data on sensor changed event. Right now I am trying to collect it when I click on start button, but somehow I don't see that data getting stored in my file. Could anyone help me with this ?
I have to send this data to MySQL database for processing (on web-server). How will I send the data over to server?
Here is what I have tried right now :
package myapp;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import app.AccelLocData;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.*;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap.OnMapClickListener;
import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.Dialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.hardware.Sensor;
import android.hardware.SensorEvent;
import android.hardware.SensorEventListener;
import android.hardware.SensorManager;
import android.location.Criteria;
import android.location.Location;
import android.location.LocationListener;
import android.location.LocationManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
import com.google.android.gms.common.ConnectionResult;
import com.google.android.gms.common.GooglePlayServicesUtil;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.CameraUpdateFactory;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.BitmapDescriptorFactory;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.MarkerOptions;
public class MapViewActivity extends Activity implements LocationListener,
SensorEventListener, OnClickListener {
GoogleMap googleMap;
private boolean started = false;
private ArrayList<AccelLocData> sensorData;
private SensorManager sensorManager;
private Button btnStart, btnStop;
private String provider;
// private Button btnUpload;
@SuppressLint("NewApi")
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
sensorManager = (SensorManager) getSystemService(Context.SENSOR_SERVICE);
sensorData = new ArrayList<AccelLocData>();
btnStart = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnStart);
btnStop = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnStop);
btnStart.setOnClickListener(this);
btnStop.setOnClickListener(this);
btnStart.setEnabled(true);
btnStop.setEnabled(false);
int status = GooglePlayServicesUtil
.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(getBaseContext());
if (status != ConnectionResult.SUCCESS) { // Google Play Services are
// not available
int requestCode = 10;
Dialog dialog = GooglePlayServicesUtil.getErrorDialog(status, this,
requestCode);
dialog.show();
} else { // Google Play Services are available
googleMap.setOnMapClickListener(new OnMapClickListener() {
@Override
public void onMapClick(LatLng latLng) {
// Creating a marker
MarkerOptions markerOptions = new MarkerOptions();
// Setting the position for the marker
markerOptions.position(latLng);
// Setting the title for the marker.
// This will be displayed on taping the marker
markerOptions.title(latLng.latitude + " : "
+ latLng.longitude);
// Clears the previously touched position
googleMap.clear();
// Animating to the touched position
googleMap.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory
.newLatLng(latLng));
// Placing a marker on the touched position
googleMap.addMarker(markerOptions);
}
});
// Enabling MyLocation Layer of Google Map
googleMap.setMyLocationEnabled(true);
LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(LOCATION_SERVICE);
Criteria criteria = new Criteria();
provider = locationManager.getBestProvider(criteria, true);
Location location = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(provider);
if (location != null) {
onLocationChanged(location);
}
locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(provider, 20000, 0, this);
}
}
public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent event) {
if (started) {
double x = event.values[0];
double y = event.values[1];
double z = event.values[2];
long timestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
LocationManager locManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
Criteria criteria = new Criteria();
criteria.setPowerRequirement(Criteria.POWER_MEDIUM);
criteria.setAccuracy(Criteria.ACCURACY_FINE);
provider = locManager.getBestProvider(criteria, true);
Location location = locManager.getLastKnownLocation(provider);
double latitude = 0;
double longitude = 0;
if (location != null) {
latitude = location.getLatitude();
longitude = location.getLongitude();
}
AccelLocData data = new AccelLocData(timestamp, x, y, z, latitude,
longitude);
// System.out.println("Accel Data:" + data.toString());
// System.out.println("Latitude:" + latitude);
// System.out.println("Longitude:" + longitude);
sensorData.add(data);
}
}
@Override
public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
TextView tvLocation = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_location);
// Getting latitude of the current location
double latitude = location.getLatitude();
// Getting longitude of the current location
double longitude = location.getLongitude();
// Creating a LatLng object for the current location
LatLng latLng = new LatLng(latitude, longitude);
// Showing the current location in Google Map
googleMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLng(latLng));
// Zoom in the Google Map
googleMap.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.zoomTo(15));
System.out.println("Latitude:" + latitude + ", Longitude:" + longitude);
// Setting latitude and longitude in the TextView tv_location
// tvLocation.setText("Latitude:" + latitude + ", Longitude:" +
// longitude);
}
@Override
public void onProviderDisabled(String arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
@Override
public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
@Override
public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
@Override
public void onAccuracyChanged(Sensor arg0, int arg1) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
switch (v.getId()) {
case R.id.btnStart:
btnStart.setEnabled(false);
btnStop.setEnabled(true);
// btnUpload.setEnabled(false);
// sensorData = new ArrayList<AccelLocData>();
// save prev data if available
started = true;
try {
File root = android.os.Environment
.getExternalStorageDirectory();
File dir = new File(root.getAbsolutePath() + "/myapp");
dir.mkdirs();
File sensorFile = new File(dir, "acc.txt");
// sensorFile.createNewFile();
FileOutputStream fOut = new FileOutputStream(sensorFile);
ObjectOutputStream myOutWriter = new ObjectOutputStream(fOut);
System.out.println("Sensor data size:"+sensorData.size());
for(int i=0;i<sensorData.size();i++){
System.out.println("Sensor Data:" + sensorData.get(i).getX());
}
myOutWriter.writeObject(sensorData);
myOutWriter.close();
fOut.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
}
Sensor accel = sensorManager
.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER);
sensorManager.registerListener(this, accel,
SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_FASTEST);
break;
case R.id.btnStop:
btnStart.setEnabled(true);
btnStop.setEnabled(false);
// btnUpload.setEnabled(true);
started = false;
sensorManager.unregisterListener(this);
// don't need chart
// openChart();
// show data in chart
break;
// case R.id.btnUpload:
// break;
default:
break;
}
}
}
In your activity put this into your OnClick of your Startbutton:
startService(new Intent(this, BackgroundService.class));
and this to your Stopbutton:
stopService(new Intent(this, BackgroundService.class));
Create a new Class for example like the following:
public class BackgroundService extends Service implements LocationListener,
SensorEventListener{
//Hint: there are some methods you need to implement which I forgot to mention but eclipse will add them for you
@Override
public void onCreate() {
//enable networking, look into this: http://www.vogella.com/blog/2012/02/22/android-strictmode-networkonmainthreadexception/
StrictMode.ThreadPolicy policy = new StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder().permitAll().build();
StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(policy);
//do your data collecting-methods and connect to your webserver
}
@Override
public void onDestroy() {
//unregister your sensor listener
}
}
In this method I got this:
@Override
public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent event) {
sendValuesToYourServer(Float.toString(event.values[0]) + "," + Float.toString(event.values[1]) +","+ Float.toString(event.values[2]));
}