Pedometer

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Most Android phones have an accelerometer. Please consider adding a pedometer 
function so I can finally leave my iPod nano 5G at home. Thanks.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by joeell...@gmail.com on 14 May 2010 at 12:29

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Original comment by rdama...@google.com on 18 May 2010 at 2:23

• Added labels: OpSys-Android, Priority-Low, Type-Enhancement, Usability

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This had also been filed as a feature request in the internal bugtrack, here 
are the
previous comments on it:

Note that there seems to be a hardware constraint on the G1: Once the screen 
switches
off the accelerometer does, too. That would mean we need to keep the screen on 
all
the time, which would cause a lot of additional battery drain. This needs to be
confirmed before we start putting efforts into implementing this feature.

Original comment by rdama...@google.com on 18 May 2010 at 2:35

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The Zephyr HxM product also contains hardware to measure cadence (step-count).

Original comment by djh.sthlm on 28 Jun 2010 at 11:23

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Issue 117 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by rdama...@google.com on 25 Aug 2010 at 1:59

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Wouldn't it be smart to use the Zephyr HxM for this as djh.sthlm mentioned?
That way it wouldn't be necessary to depend on the internal accelerometer which 
implementation might differ from phone to phone.

Or are all Android phones required to have the same accelerometer 
implementation?

Original comment by aaaha...@gmail.com on 2 Sep 2010 at 10:22

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I have a funny recollection from somewhere that this was an android software 
bug and not a hardware constraint issue (I mean the turning off screen and 
accelerometer happening together). It could be that a later android update 
fixes or has already fixed this. I cannot remember where I read about this 
though.

On the usage of the accelerometer I could also suggest adding a cadence feature 
for cyclists (by calculating rpm from measuring up/down movement in 
accelerometer assuming the phone is strapped on the cyclist's leg).

Original comment by kal...@gmail.com on 1 Oct 2010 at 11:19

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I think the hardware contraint mentioned in second post was Android bug number 
3708 (http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3708) which has been 
released, however not everyone is running latest build so may be limited 
availability. Zephyr HxM support is being worked on under Issue 9, including 
Cadence.

Original comment by matt...@gmail.com on 22 Oct 2010 at 6:34

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(just removing OpSys-Android label, all issues are in Android anyway)

Original comment by rdama...@google.com on 26 Jul 2011 at 1:00

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I think this would be a useful feature, implemented as cadence and distance per 
step.  To avoid battery drain I suggest monitoring briefly at each new 
lap-count (e.g. per km) rather than continually.
Some potentially useful code may be at http://code.google.com/p/pedometer/ 

Original comment by miles.so...@gmail.com on 24 Dec 2013 at 3:49

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I think that Google Play Services has some pedometer functionality for Android 
4.4. Maybe this can be used to track cadence during walking or running.

Original comment by 2emoo...@gmail.com on 24 Mar 2014 at 7:15

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Original comment by jshih@google.com on 13 Oct 2014 at 9:40

• Changed state: WontFix