Accelerometer
Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The Accelerometer
interface of the Sensor APIs provides on each reading the acceleration applied to the device along all three axes.
To use this sensor, the user must grant permission to the 'accelerometer'
, device sensor through the Permissions API.
This feature may be blocked by a Permissions Policy set on your server.
Constructor
Accelerometer()
Experimental-
Creates a new
Accelerometer
object.
Instance properties
In addition to the properties listed below, Accelerometer
inherits properties from its parent interfaces, Sensor
and EventTarget
.
Accelerometer.x
Read only Experimental-
Returns a double containing the acceleration of the device along the device's x axis.
Accelerometer.y
Read only Experimental-
Returns a double containing the acceleration of the device along the device's y axis.
Accelerometer.z
Read only Experimental-
Returns a double containing the acceleration of the device along the device's z axis.
Instance methods
Accelerometer
doesn't have own methods. However, it inherits methods from its parent interfaces, Sensor
and EventTarget
.
Events
Accelerometer
doesn't have own events. However, it inherits events from its parent interface, Sensor
.
Example
Acceleration is typically read in the reading
event callback. In the example below this occurs sixty times a second.
js
const acl = new Accelerometer({ frequency: 60 });
acl.addEventListener("reading", () => {
console.log(`Acceleration along the X-axis ${acl.x}`);
console.log(`Acceleration along the Y-axis ${acl.y}`);
console.log(`Acceleration along the Z-axis ${acl.z}`);
});
acl.start();
Specifications
Specification |
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Accelerometer # accelerometer-interface |
Browser compatibility
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