How do I detect when someone shakes an iPhone?

Question

I want to react when somebody shakes the iPhone. I don\'t particularly care how they shake it, just that it was waved vigorously about for a split second. Does anyone know h

Answer 1

To enable this app-wide, I created a category on UIWindow:

@implementation UIWindow (Utils)

- (BOOL)canBecomeFirstResponder
{
    return YES;
}

- (void)motionBegan:(UIEventSubtype)motion withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
    if (motion == UIEventSubtypeMotionShake) {
        // Do whatever you want here...
    }
}

@end