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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (C) 2006 The Android Open Source Project
      3  *
      4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
      6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
      7  *
      8  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
      9  *
     10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
     11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
     12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
     13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     14  * limitations under the License.
     15  */
     16 
     17 package android.os;
     18 
     19 import android.content.Context;
     20 
     21 /**
     22  * Class that operates the vibrator on the device.
     23  * <p>
     24  * If your process exits, any vibration you started with will stop.
     25  * </p>
     26  *
     27  * To obtain an instance of the system vibrator, call
     28  * {@link Context#getSystemService} with {@link Context#VIBRATOR_SERVICE} as argument.
     29  */
     30 public abstract class Vibrator {
     31     /**
     32      * @hide to prevent subclassing from outside of the framework
     33      */
     34     public Vibrator() {
     35     }
     36 
     37     /**
     38      * Check whether the hardware has a vibrator.
     39      *
     40      * @return True if the hardware has a vibrator, else false.
     41      */
     42     public abstract boolean hasVibrator();
     43 
     44     /**
     45      * Vibrate constantly for the specified period of time.
     46      * <p>This method requires the caller to hold the permission
     47      * {@link android.Manifest.permission#VIBRATE}.
     48      *
     49      * @param milliseconds The number of milliseconds to vibrate.
     50      */
     51     public abstract void vibrate(long milliseconds);
     52 
     53     /**
     54      * Vibrate with a given pattern.
     55      *
     56      * <p>
     57      * Pass in an array of ints that are the durations for which to turn on or off
     58      * the vibrator in milliseconds.  The first value indicates the number of milliseconds
     59      * to wait before turning the vibrator on.  The next value indicates the number of milliseconds
     60      * for which to keep the vibrator on before turning it off.  Subsequent values alternate
     61      * between durations in milliseconds to turn the vibrator off or to turn the vibrator on.
     62      * </p><p>
     63      * To cause the pattern to repeat, pass the index into the pattern array at which
     64      * to start the repeat, or -1 to disable repeating.
     65      * </p>
     66      * <p>This method requires the caller to hold the permission
     67      * {@link android.Manifest.permission#VIBRATE}.
     68      *
     69      * @param pattern an array of longs of times for which to turn the vibrator on or off.
     70      * @param repeat the index into pattern at which to repeat, or -1 if
     71      *        you don't want to repeat.
     72      */
     73     public abstract void vibrate(long[] pattern, int repeat);
     74 
     75     /**
     76      * @hide
     77      * Like {@link #vibrate(long)}, but allowing the caller to specify that
     78      * the vibration is owned by someone else.
     79      */
     80     public abstract void vibrate(int owningUid, String owningPackage, long milliseconds);
     81 
     82     /**
     83      * @hide
     84      * Like {@link #vibrate(long[], int)}, but allowing the caller to specify that
     85      * the vibration is owned by someone else.
     86      */
     87     public abstract void vibrate(int owningUid, String owningPackage, long[] pattern, int repeat);
     88 
     89     /**
     90      * Turn the vibrator off.
     91      * <p>This method requires the caller to hold the permission
     92      * {@link android.Manifest.permission#VIBRATE}.
     93      */
     94     public abstract void cancel();
     95 }
     96