I am developing a game with accelerometer controls. This works well on all the mobile phones I've tested it on. However, when testing on a tablet, the y and x axes are reversed, presumably because the device's default orientation is landscape.
How can I identify the default orientation of the device, to set my axes accordingly?
(I'm using Android SDK 1.5 - 1.7.)
I figured out the best way to do this is to check the screen size on the device and base a boolean conditional to device on which axis to use. This is tested and working great.
// Check the screen layout to determine if the device is a tablet.
public boolean isTablet(Context context) { boolean xlarge = ((context.getResources().getConfiguration().screenLayout & Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_MASK) == 4); boolean large = ((context.getResources().getConfiguration().screenLayout & Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_MASK) == Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_LARGE); return (xlarge || large); } // Changle Accelx or Accely input based on the above (Im using OpenGLES 1.1)
if (isTablet(glGame)) { world.update(deltaTime, game.getInput().getAccelX()); } if (!isTablet(glGame)) { world.update(deltaTime, game.getInput().getAccelY()); }