Sensor

The Sensor element serves as a base type for sensors. More...

Inherited by Accelerometer, AmbientLightSensor, Compass, Gyroscope, IRProximitySensor, LightSensor, Magnetometer, OrientationSensor, ProximitySensor, RotationSensor, TapSensor, and TiltSensor.

This type was introduced in QtSensors 5.0.

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Properties

active : bool
alwaysOn : bool
availableDataRates : list<Range>
busy : bool
connectedToBackend : bool
dataRate : int
description : string
error : int
identifier : string
outputRange : int
outputRanges : list<OutputRange>
reading : SensorReading
type : string

Methods

bool start()
bool stop()

Detailed Description

The Sensor element serves as a base type for sensors.

This element wraps the QSensor class. Please see the documentation for QSensor for details.

This element cannot be directly created. Please use one of the sub-classes instead.

Property Documentation

active : bool

This property holds a value to indicate if the sensor is active.

Please see QSensor::active for information about this property.

alwaysOn : bool

This property holds a value to indicate if the sensor should remain running when the screen is off.

Please see QSensor::alwaysOn for information about this property.

availableDataRates : list<Range>

This property holds the data rates that the sensor supports.

Please see QSensor::availableDataRates for information about this property.

busy : bool

This property holds a value to indicate if the sensor is busy.

Please see QSensor::busy for information about this property.

connectedToBackend : bool

This property holds a value indicating if the sensor has connected to a backend.

Please see QSensor::connectedToBackend for information about this property.

dataRate : int

This property holds the data rate that the sensor should be run at.

Please see QSensor::dataRate for information about this property.

description : string

This property holds a descriptive string for the sensor.

error : int

This property holds the last error code set on the sensor.

identifier : string

This property holds the backend identifier for the sensor.

Please see QSensor::identifier for information about this property.

outputRange : int

This property holds the output range in use by the sensor.

Please see QSensor::outputRange for information about this property.

outputRanges : list<OutputRange>

This property holds a list of output ranges the sensor supports.

Please see QSensor::outputRanges for information about this property.

reading : SensorReading

This property holds the reading class.

Please see QSensor::reading for information about this property.

See also QML Reading types.

type : string

This property holds the type of the sensor.

Method Documentation

bool Sensor::start()

Start retrieving values from the sensor. Returns true if the sensor was started, false otherwise.

Please see QSensor::start() for information.

bool Sensor::stop()

Stop retrieving values from the sensor.

Please see QSensor::stop() for information.