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Android BatchStepSensor Sample
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Sample demonstrating how to set up SensorEventListeners for step
detectors and step counters.

Introduction
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This sample demonstrates the use of the two step [sensors][1] (step detector and counter) and
sensor batching.

It shows how to register a [SensorEventListener][2] with and without
batching and shows how these events are received.

The Step Detector sensor fires an
event when a step is detected, while the step counter returns the total number of
steps since a listener was first registered for this sensor.

Both sensors only count steps while a listener is registered. This sample only covers the
basic case, where a listener is only registered while the app is running. Likewise,
batched sensors can be used in the background (when the CPU is suspended), which
requires manually flushing the [sensor event][3] queue before it overflows, which is not
covered in this sample.

[1]: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Sensor.html
[2]: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEventListener.html
[3]: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEvent.html

Pre-requisites
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- Android SDK 24
- Android Build Tools v24.0.2
- Android Support Repository

Screenshots
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<img src="screenshots/screenshot1.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> <img src="screenshots/screenshot2.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> <img src="screenshots/screenshot3.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> <img src="screenshots/screenshot4.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> <img src="screenshots/screenshot5.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> <img src="screenshots/screenshot6.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> 

Getting Started
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This sample uses the Gradle build system. To build this project, use the
"gradlew build" command or use "Import Project" in Android Studio.

Support
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- Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/105153134372062985968
- Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android

If you've found an error in this sample, please file an issue:
https://github.com/googlesamples/android-BatchStepSensor

Patches are encouraged, and may be submitted by forking this project and
submitting a pull request through GitHub. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details.

License
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Copyright 2016 The Android Open Source Project, Inc.

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