Android Question [SOLVED?] Phone library v2.40 - PhoneSensors.TimeStamp seems to be returning millisecs not nanosecs

JackKirk · Nov 12, 2016

At my request:

https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/request-for-phonesensors-accuracy-property.72930/

Erel just added an Accuracy property to the Phonesensors object:

https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/updates-to-internal-libraries.59340/#post-463591

He also added a Timestamp property which is also very useful for my purposes (I was using DateTime.Now which is not as accurate).

I am assigning the Timestamp property to a Long but I seem to be getting milliseconds, not nanoseconds as indicated in the documentation.

Am I doing something wrong or is the Timestamp property faulty.

Thanks...

Erel · Nov 13, 2016

The Phone library returns the value as it receives from the OS: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorEvent.html#timestamp

There are various issues related to inconsistency with the timestamp meaning. However it should be nanoseconds.

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=7981

JackKirk · Nov 13, 2016

Yuk - looks like another musty little corner - guess its back to Datetime.Now for consistency across all Android devices.

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