Mostly all recent browsers expose an api for deviceorientation and devicemotion events. This module will let you check if there is really an accelerometer+gyroscope to rely on.
npm install sensors-checkersensorsChecker.js
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Mostly all recent browsers expose an api for deviceorientation and devicemotion events.
* That doesn't mean the device you're on has sensors (accelerometer+gyroscope) to feed them.
* So, to check if the device has sensors, you can't rely on simple feature detection like "ondeviceorientation" in window or "ondevicemotion" in window
* This module will let you check if there is really an accelerometer+gyroscope to rely on.
``js`
//check the sensors for the deviceorientation api
sensorsChecker.checkDeviceorientation(function(){
console.log('sensors detected');
},function(){
console.error('no sensor detected');
}
);
//check the sensors for the devicemotion api (this time with some options)
sensorsChecker.checkDevicemotion(function(){
console.log('sensors detected');
},function(){
console.error('no sensor detected');
},{
userAgentCheck: /(iPad|iPhone|Nexus|Mobile|Tablet)/i,//@optional (to bypass the sniffing)
delay: 600//@optional default delay : 500ms
}
);
Used in :
* https://github.com/topheman/PanoramaSensorsViewer
* http://streetview.topheman.com
* https://github.com/topheman/bombs
* https://github.com/topheman/playground2 (finally, no need for, according to the UX)
Now available on npm: npm install sensors-checker --save`