Web and WebWorks Development

[peardox]

I've just been writing the UI for a game

On the PlayBook it works perfectly

On BB10 it functions completely differently

My x-axis sense needs the device to be turned far further to hit the same numbers so I can trigger an action

Any ideas?

[astanley]

Does default orientation have anything to do with it?  Are the axes on the PlayBook different than that of the BB10 Dev Alpha due to each of them having different default orientations (PB landscape vs. BB10DA portrait)?

Or is what you are seeing more subtle, yet distinguishable, than that?

[LBP]

Hi everybody.

I also tried to work with the devicemotion and deviceorientation events to  move events using WebGL animationFrame. Referring to http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/device/orientation/ for me it seems the devicemotions eventData.accelerationIncludingGravity.y value is not the front-to-back value, I think it is the back-to-front value.

[peardox]

If holding the device in front of you...

X = Tip it left / right

Y = Tip it toward / away from you

I use a big change in the Y reading to trigger an action (jump / crouch in my little test)

This gives a nice simple uncluttered UI - tilt left/right to move, rapid flip forward/back to jump/crouch leaving touch free for fire

It all works very nicely on the PB but is wierd on the DevAlpha

[LBP]

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peardox wrote:

If holding the device in front of you...

X = Tip it left / right

Y = Tip it toward / away from you

I use a big change in the Y reading to trigger an action (jump / crouch in my little test)

This gives a nice simple uncluttered UI - tilt left/right to move, rapid flip forward/back to jump/crouch leaving touch free for fire

It all works very nicely on the PB but is wierd on the DevAlpha

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1.) When holding the device in my hands and Y (lock-button is "0") and X (volume-buttons are right) would be 0, then:

1.a) if I move it in this way that lock-button is top now the Y is way round as my objects on screen flying to the top, not falling down to the bottom.

1.b) back to 1.) and then if I move it in this way the volume-buttons are top now the objects are falling from right to left on the display as I would expect it to work.

So for me the Y values are false, they should be the way round as they are thrown in the event. That is how I understand the way X +Y are positioned in the pictures here: http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/device/orientation/

[peardox]

A very useful tool app can be found in https://github.com/blackberry/WebWorks-Samples

Just compile up Kitchen Sink

I did a PB version and installed it on both PB and DevAlpha

In the 3rd section there's an accelerometer test which is very useful for experimentation

[LBP]

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peardox wrote:

A very useful tool app can be found in https://github.com/blackberry/WebWorks-Samples

Just compile up Kitchen Sink

I did a PB version and installed it on both PB and DevAlpha

In the 3rd section there's an accelerometer test which is very useful for experimentation

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So I think I need to explain little deeper how it seems to work for me and what the issue is in Relationship to the following image I created from the BB sources (please don't beat me!!)

This shows the device acceleration on the devices and for me the Y values thrown by the event on the BB10 are exactly the opposite direction as shown above in the image.

[LBP]

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peardox wrote:

A very useful tool app can be found in https://github.com/blackberry/WebWorks-Samples

Just compile up Kitchen Sink

I did a PB version and installed it on both PB and DevAlpha

In the 3rd section there's an accelerometer test which is very useful for experimentation

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I tried again with the example you linked me to and for me it seems to work well now on both devices PB and BB10 and I investigated and assume that my physics example was made with a bottle of beer.