Using proximity sensor in android

Question

I want to use proximity sensor in my project. I searched for proximity sensor tutorial. And I found a sensor tutorial at http://www.vogella.com/articles/AndroidSensor/articl

Answer 1

The right way to use proximity sensor is via PowerManager. Forget about light sensor and use Android abstraction and already written code!

public class ProximityViaPowerManager {

private Context context;
private WakeLock proximityWakeLock;

public ProximityViaPowerManager(Context context) {
    this.context = context;
}

public boolean enableProximityWakeLock() {
    if (proximityWakeLock != null) {
      return true;
    }
    PowerManager powerManager = 
 context.getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE);
    proximityWakeLock = powerManager.newWakeLock(PowerManager.PROXIMITY_SCREEN_OFF_WAKE_LOCK, TAG);
    proximityWakeLock.acquire();
    return true;
  }

  public void disableProximityWakeLock() {
    if (proximityWakeLock != null) {
      proximityWakeLock.release();
      proximityWakeLock = null;
    }
  }
}

Ensure correct enable/disable capability in Android life cycle resume/pause and add the permission to manifest: