cordova-plugin-device-orientation
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Cordova Device Orientation Plugin
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title: Device Orientation description: Access compass data.
cordova-plugin-device-orientation
Usage Notice
With the W3C Device Orientation API, Android, iOS, and Windows devices may not need this plugin anymore.
However, on iOS 13+, potential issues with permissions and secure contexts can arise. Therefore it is recommended to use this plugin as it uses a native implementation.
Description
This plugin provides access to the device's compass. The compass is a sensor that detects the direction or heading that the device is pointed, typically from the top of the device. It measures the heading in degrees from 0 to 359.99, where 0 is north.
Access is via a global navigator.compass
object.
Although the object is attached to the global scoped navigator
, it is not available until after the deviceready
event.
document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
function onDeviceReady() {
console.log(navigator.compass);
}
Report issues on the Apache Cordova issue tracker
Installation
cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-device-orientation
Supported Platforms
- Android
- Browser
- iOS
- Windows
Methods
- navigator.compass.getCurrentHeading
- navigator.compass.watchHeading
- navigator.compass.clearWatch
navigator.compass.getCurrentHeading
Get the current compass heading. The compass heading is returned via a CompassHeading
object using the compassSuccess
callback function.
navigator.compass.getCurrentHeading(compassSuccess, compassError);
Example
function onSuccess(heading) {
alert('Heading: ' + heading.magneticHeading);
};
function onError(error) {
alert('CompassError: ' + error.code);
};
navigator.compass.getCurrentHeading(onSuccess, onError);
navigator.compass.watchHeading
Gets the device's current heading at a regular interval. Each time the heading
is retrieved, the headingSuccess
callback function is executed.
The returned watch ID references the compass watch interval. The watch
ID can be used with navigator.compass.clearWatch
to stop watching the navigator.compass.
var watchID = navigator.compass.watchHeading(compassSuccess, compassError, [compassOptions]);
compassOptions
may contain the following keys:
- frequency: How often to retrieve the compass heading in milliseconds. (Number) (Default: 100)
- filter: The change in degrees required to initiate a watchHeading success callback. When this value is set, frequency is ignored. (Number)
Example
function onSuccess(heading) {
var element = document.getElementById('heading');
element.innerHTML = 'Heading: ' + heading.magneticHeading;
};
function onError(compassError) {
alert('Compass error: ' + compassError.code);
};
var options = {
frequency: 3000
}; // Update every 3 seconds
var watchID = navigator.compass.watchHeading(onSuccess, onError, options);
Browser Quirks
Values for current heading are randomly generated in order to simulate the compass.
iOS Quirks
Only one watchHeading
can be in effect at one time in iOS. If a
watchHeading
uses a filter, calling getCurrentHeading
or
watchHeading
uses the existing filter value to specify heading
changes. Watching heading changes with a filter is more efficient than
with time intervals.
Android Quirks
- No support for
filter
.
navigator.compass.clearWatch
Stop watching the compass referenced by the watch ID parameter.
navigator.compass.clearWatch(watchID);
- watchID: The ID returned by
navigator.compass.watchHeading
.
Example
var watchID = navigator.compass.watchHeading(onSuccess, onError, options);
// ... later on ...
navigator.compass.clearWatch(watchID);
CompassHeading
A CompassHeading
object is returned to the compassSuccess
callback function.
Properties
magneticHeading: The heading in degrees from 0-359.99 at a single moment in time. (Number)
trueHeading: The heading relative to the geographic North Pole in degrees 0-359.99 at a single moment in time. A negative value indicates that the true heading can't be determined. (Number)
headingAccuracy: The deviation in degrees between the reported heading and the true heading. (Number)
timestamp: The time at which this heading was determined. (DOMTimeStamp)
Android Quirks
The
trueHeading
property is not supported, but reports the same value asmagneticHeading
.The
headingAccuracy
property is always 0 because there is no difference between themagneticHeading
andtrueHeading
.
iOS Quirks
- The
trueHeading
property is only returned for location services enabled vianavigator.geolocation.watchLocation()
.
CompassError
A CompassError
object is returned to the compassError
callback function when an error occurs.
Properties
- code: One of the predefined error codes listed below.
Constants
CompassError.COMPASS_INTERNAL_ERR
CompassError.COMPASS_NOT_SUPPORTED