This sample shows how to use the Windows.Devices.Sensors.LightSensor API.
This sample allows the user to view the ambient light reading as a LUX value. You can choose one of two scenarios:
- LightSensor data events
- Poll light sensor readings
When you click the Enable button for the Data Events option, the app begins streaming light-sensor readings in real time.
When you click the Enable button for the Polling option, the app will retrieve the sensor readings at a fixed interval.
Windows.Devices.Sensors namespace
Client: Windows 10
Server: Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview
Phone: Windows 10
- If you download the samples ZIP, be sure to unzip the entire archive, not just the folder with the sample you want to build.
- Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 and select File > Open > Project/Solution.
- Starting in the folder where you unzipped the samples, go to the Samples subfolder, then the subfolder for this specific sample, then the subfolder for your preferred language (C++, C#, or JavaScript). Double-click the Visual Studio 2015 Solution (.sln) file.
- Press Ctrl+Shift+B, or select Build > Build Solution.
The next steps depend on whether you just want to deploy the sample or you want to both deploy and run it.
- Select Build > Deploy Solution.
- To debug the sample and then run it, press F5 or select Debug > Start Debugging. To run the sample without debugging, press Ctrl+F5 or selectDebug > Start Without Debugging.