How to detect the vibration or shaking of the phone in your Android App? – Android 12 | API Level 31

In this video it shows how one can detect the vibration or the shake of the phone using accelerometer sensor.

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Source code:

package com.programmerworld.detectvibrationshaking;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import android.hardware.Sensor;
import android.hardware.SensorEvent;
import android.hardware.SensorEventListener;
import android.hardware.SensorManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private TextView textView;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        textView = findViewById(R.id.textView);
        SensorManager sensorManager = (SensorManager) getSystemService(SENSOR_SERVICE);
        Sensor sensorShake = sensorManager.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER);
        SensorEventListener sensorEventListener = new SensorEventListener() {
            @Override
            public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent sensorEvent) {
                if (sensorEvent!=null){
                    float x_accl = sensorEvent.values[0];
                    float y_accl = sensorEvent.values[1];
                    float z_accl = sensorEvent.values[2];

                    float floatSum = Math.abs(x_accl) + Math.abs(y_accl) + Math.abs(z_accl);

//                    if(x_accl > 2 ||
//                            x_accl < -2 ||
//                            y_accl > 12 ||
//                            y_accl < -12 ||
//                            z_accl > 2 ||
//                            z_accl < -2)

                    if (floatSum > 14){
                        textView.setText("Yes, Shaking");
                    }
                    else {
                        textView.setText("No, NOT Shaking");
                    }
                }
            }

            @Override
            public void onAccuracyChanged(Sensor sensor, int i) {
            }
        };
        sensorManager.registerListener(sensorEventListener, sensorShake, SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_NORMAL);
    }
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_width="162dp"
        android:layout_height="101dp"
        android:text="Hello World!"
        android:textAlignment="center"
        android:textSize="34sp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.programmerworld.detectvibrationshaking">

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.DetectVibrationShaking">
        <activity
            android:name=".MainActivity"
            android:exported="true">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

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