How would you check for the presence of a compass sensor in Android programming?

[Jinalpatel]

#52989

How would you check for the presence of a compass sensor in Android programming?

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[Nitesh User Do not delete]

#52990

You can check the presence of a compass sensor using hasSystemFeature() method.

SensorManager or Sensor both classes are designed for direct access and acquisition of raw sensor data. When it comes to assessing a system’s abilities, the PackageManager class can be used to recover information on application packages available on a given device.

PackageManager myCompass = getPackageManger();
If (!myCompass.hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_SENSOR_COMPASS)) {
// This device lacks a compass, disable the compass feature
}

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Nitesh Bavishiya

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