Do any versions of androids web browser detect javascript shake events? Something like this:
window.addEventListener('devicemotion', this, false);
I can't seem to find any information on this.
I am using WKShake which is refrenced here: Javascript. Listen for iPhone shake event?
and am wondering if this is going to work on android as well.
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See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4112369/how-to-shake-on-android-2-2 – josh.trow Apr 29 '11 at 15:50
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1@josh, that looks like android code to me. I asked about javascript. – pizza247 Apr 29 '11 at 15:51
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After some research, I have discovered that the android browser does not have access to accelerometer data. Perhaps some time in the future they will allow the browser to access this data.
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Shake.js (http://functionn.blogspot.com/2012/03/shakejs-custom-shake-event-javascript.html) is a custom 'shake' event JavaScript plugin for mobile web browsers using device accelerometer. Your web browser must support the devicemotion event for this plugin to work. Shake.js uses built-in feature detection to determine if it can run in your web browser. It will terminate silently on non-supporting browsers.
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Here's an implementation of a JavaScript shake method for Android built on top of PhoneGap's accelerometer API - github link
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this is closer to what I'm after, but again, I'm wanting to see this work in the browser, not a phone gap native applicaiton. – pizza247 May 02 '11 at 14:48
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@jtmkrueger As your answer says, the browser doesn't have direct access to the accelerometer, as well as a bunch of other device capabilities. That is the "Gap" that PhoneGap is designed to fill. – Paul Beusterien May 02 '11 at 15:52