In Android can I programmatically detect that the compass is not yet calibrated?

Question

I\'ve found that when I start up my game the compass is often out of whack. Objects will fly around and not be where they\'re supposed to be. But, if I move the phone in a f

Answer 1

In SensorEventListener there is a function onAccuracyChanged(Sensor sensor, int accuracy) in which you can check the accuracy of the device's magnetometer. There are 4 levels of accuracy (from class SensorManager):

SENSOR_STATUS_ACCURACY_HIGH = 3
SENSOR_STATUS_ACCURACY_MEDIUM = 2
SENSOR_STATUS_ACCURACY_LOW = 1
SENSOR_STATUS_UNRELIABLE = 0