Hello StackOverflowers,
I am designing a game for Android where I plan on allowing the user to move in four different directions (up, down, left, and right). I would like to implement this using either Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER or Sensor.TYPE_ORIENTATION. If I am doing only the above-four-specified directions, is there an advantage to using Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER over Sensor.TYPE_ORIENTATION, or vice versa? Thanks in advance for your answers, help, and suggestions.
Justin.
When you say "move" do you mean tilt or translate?
Using the accelerometer and gyroscope simultaneously should give the coverage of motion necessary to divine up,down,left,right. So use TYPE_ACCELEROMETER and TYPE_GYROSCOPE in a coordinated fashion.
Sensor.TYPE_ORIENTATION is deprecated, I believe.
I caveat this answer by saying I am primarily an iOS developer, only have a couple of finished Android projects and both are NDK based....