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III. Leveraging Common Android APIs > 16. Accessing Android’s Hardware Sensors
16. Accessing Android’s Hardware Sensors
The Android Software Development Kit provides a variety of application programming interfaces for accessing low-level hardware features on the device. In addition to the camera, Android devices might have a number of other sensors and hardware. Some popular device sensors include the magnetic and orientation sensors, light sensors, and temperature sensors. Applications can also access battery state information. In this chapter, you explore the optional hardware APIs provided as part of the Android SDK.
