shake.js

A custom 'shake' event JavaScript plugin for mobile web browsers using device accelerometer.

Installation

• Download: zip
• NPM: npm install shake.js
• Bower: bower install shake.js
• Git: git clone https://github.com/alexgibson/shake.js

Dependencies

Your web browser must support the devicemotion event for this plugin to work. Shake.js uses built-in feature detection to determine if it can run in your web browser. It will terminate silently on non-supporting browsers.

http://w3c.github.io/deviceorientation/spec-source-orientation.html

Setup

For CommonJS using NPM:

var Shake = require('shake.js');

For AMD module:

define(['./shake'], function(Shake) {
    // ...
});

In the browser:

<script src="https://github.com/alexgibson/shake.js/raw/master/shake.js"></script>

Next, create a new Shake instance:

var myShakeEvent = new Shake({
    threshold: 15, // optional shake strength threshold
    timeout: 1000 // optional, determines the frequency of event generation
});

Start listening to device motion:

myShakeEvent.start();

Register a shake event listener on window with your callback:

window.addEventListener('shake', shakeEventDidOccur, false);

//function to call when shake occurs
function shakeEventDidOccur () {

    //put your own code here etc.
    alert('shake!');
}

You can stop listening for shake events like so:

window.removeEventListener('shake', shakeEventDidOccur, false);

To stop listening to device motion, you can call:

myShakeEvent.stop();

Supported web browsers/devices

• iOS Safari 4.2.1 (and above)
• Android 4.0.3 (default browser)
• Chrome 41+ for Android
• Opera Mobile (Android)
• BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0
• Firefox for Android
• FirefoxOS Devices