Apps How best to poll a sensor?

[scorpicon]

I'm writing at app that needs to update based on data coming from the orientation sensor. I was able to use the SensorEventListener's onSensorChanged method to continually get the data. However, I only want to poll for the data once every second.

What is the best way to get the sensor data at a specific time interval?

I'm coding for the 2.0 platform, so it'd be nice if any code samples used the current set of APIs. Thanks!

 

[regulatre]

Use a timer:
Timer (Java 2 Platform SE v1.4.2)

Register a Java.util.Timer (above link) hat kicks off every 1 second and runs your sensor-checker-method().

Or if you have a main loop, do stuff, sleep, check sensor, loop. I think Loops are discouraged in event-driven programming whenever possible.

I'm writing at app that needs to update based on data coming from the orientation sensor. I was able to use the SensorEventListener's onSensorChanged method to continually get the data. However, I only want to poll for the data once every second.

What is the best way to get the sensor data at a specific time interval?

I'm coding for the 2.0 platform, so it'd be nice if any code samples used the current set of APIs. Thanks!

 

[NilsT]

This feature should be built into the sensor service. Just like for the LocationManager where you can specify both an interval and a minimum change for the notification.