Device Motion

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Requires Cordova plugin: cordova-plugin-device-motion. For more info, please see the Device Motion docs.

Repo: https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-device-motion

Installation

1. Install the Cordova and Ionic Native plugins:
   

   $ ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-device-motion
   $ npm install --save @ionic-native/device-motion@4
   

2. Add this plugin to your app's module

Supported platforms

• Android
• BlackBerry 10
• Browser
• Firefox OS
• iOS
• Tizen
• Ubuntu
• Windows
• Windows Phone 8

Usage

import { DeviceMotion, DeviceMotionAccelerationData } from '@ionic-native/device-motion';

constructor(private deviceMotion: DeviceMotion) { }

...

// Get the device current acceleration
this.deviceMotion.getCurrentAcceleration().then(
  (acceleration: DeviceMotionAccelerationData) => console.log(acceleration),
  (error: any) => console.log(error)
);

// Watch device acceleration
var subscription = this.deviceMotion.watchAcceleration().subscribe((acceleration: DeviceMotionAccelerationData) => {
  console.log(acceleration);
});

// Stop watch
subscription.unsubscribe();

Instance Members

getCurrentAcceleration()

Get the current acceleration along the x, y, and z axes.

watchAcceleration(options)

Watch the device acceleration. Clear the watch by unsubscribing from the observable.

DeviceMotionAccelerationData

DeviceMotionAccelerometerOptions