Android Sensor Programming By Example

Dealing with specific sensor configuration

There might be some scenarios in which certain features of your application might depend on a specific sensor, and that sensor is not present on the device. In such cases, a good option would be to either turn off that dependent feature or not allow the user to install the application. Let's explore each option in detail.

Checking the availability of the sensor at runtime

If you have a weather utility app, and it uses the pressure sensor on the phone to check the atmospheric pressure, then it's not a good idea to directly use the sensor. There are many Android phones that don't have a pressure sensor on them. If such cases are not handled properly, your application might even crash, which will be a bad ...