Function watchDeviceOrientation

Enable monitor of the device orientation to detect the current orientation of the device as compared to the Earth coordinate frame. (one some device a first user gesture will be required before calling this function)

Memberof

device

See

• device.alpha
• device.beta
• device.gamma

Example

// try to enable device orientation event on user gesture
me.input.registerPointerEvent("pointerleave", me.game.viewport, function() {
    if (me.device.watchDeviceOrientation() === true) {
        // Success
        me.input.releasePointerEvent("pointerleave", me.game.viewport);
    } else {
        // ... fail at enabling the device orientation event
    }
});
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