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Starts listening for readings from the named sensor. Syntax:

mobileStartTrackingSensor <sensor>, [<loosely>]

Examples:

mobileStartTrackingSensor "location"
mobileStartTrackingSensor "heading",true

Use the mobileStartTrackingSensor command to start listening for readings from a sensor.

The mobileStartTrackingSensor command starts listening for readings from the named sensor.

Parameters:

  • sensor (enum): The name of the sensor you wish to start using
    • "location": starts tracking the location of the device
    • "heading": starts tracking the heading of the device
    • "acceleration": enables the accelerometer on the device
    • "rotation rate": starts tracking the rotation of the device
  • loosely (enum):How accurate the readings from sensors should be. The default value is false
    • "true": readings are determined without using accurate (but power consuming) sources such as GPS.
    • "false": readings are determined using accurate(but power consuming) sources such as GPS.

Use the mobileStartTrackingSensor command to start listening forreadings from a sensor.

See also: mobileCanTrackHeading (function), mobileCanTrackLocation (function), mobileCurrentHeading (function), mobileSensorReading (function), mobileCurrentLocation (function), headingChanged (message), accelerationChanged (message), locationChanged (message), rotationRateChanged (message), trackingError (message),