3.9.1 Module for devices that support S60 Sensor API

The Sensor module offers direct access to a device's physical sensors. It has been tested with the following sensors:

acceleration sensor: raises events about the 3-axes acceleration of the device
tapping sensor: raises an event when the device was tapped twice on the front side
rotation sensor: raises an event based on the orientation of the device.

Instead of passing on raised events, event filtering is also supported. Two examples of using an event filter are also provided by the Sensor module, namely the class OrientationEventFilter and RotEventFilter. Both filters can be used to raise events when the orientation changes in the device (For example, when it is turned to the right). The support is device dependent. For example, Nokia 5500 supports OrientationEventFilter and Nokia N95 supports RotEventFilter.

Note: The module Sensor is available from S60 3rd Edition onwards. (inclusive).

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