"Sensor orientation is not available" for some Android devices

[ttrvdw]

Describe the bug
Orientation is not available for devices that do not have some sensors. e.g. a device with only accelerometer will return "Sensor orientation is not available" error when subscribing to "orientation".

Tested setup:
Samsung Galaxy A04s with accelerometer but no gyroscope or magnetometer.
Working without error on Samsung Galaxy S8 and iPhone XR.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Take phone with accelerometer but no gyroscope nor magnetometer (e.g. Samsung A20).

import {
  orientation,
  SensorTypes,
  setUpdateIntervalForType,
} from 'react-native-sensors';

const subscription = orientation.subscribe(data => {...})

This will return
Sensor orientation is not available

Expected behavior
The package should check what sensors are available to make the orientation measurements. I suspect that some sensor fusion is happening under the surface, but the module should check internally what sensors are available for the fusion. In case of single sensor, an orientation estimate, be it noisy, should still be returned. It's up to the end user to decide how to deal with noisy sensor data.

Desktop

• React Native Version: 0.71.7
• Device: Samsung Galaxy A04s, physical device
• Version: Android 13

[ernesdev]

I had to solve it in the native Android module, that is the patch that worked for me using the accelerometer sensor.
@ttrvdw
react-native-sensors+7.3.6.patch

Describe the bug Orientation is not available for devices that do not have some sensors. e.g. a device with only accelerometer will return "Sensor orientation is not available" error when subscribing to "orientation".

Tested setup: Samsung Galaxy A04s with accelerometer but no gyroscope or magnetometer. Working without error on Samsung Galaxy S8 and iPhone XR.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Take phone with accelerometer but no gyroscope nor magnetometer (e.g. Samsung A20).

import {
  orientation,
  SensorTypes,
  setUpdateIntervalForType,
} from 'react-native-sensors';

const subscription = orientation.subscribe(data => {...})

This will return Sensor orientation is not available

Expected behavior The package should check what sensors are available to make the orientation measurements. I suspect that some sensor fusion is happening under the surface, but the module should check internally what sensors are available for the fusion. In case of single sensor, an orientation estimate, be it noisy, should still be returned. It's up to the end user to decide how to deal with noisy sensor data.

Desktop

• React Native Version: 0.71.7
• Device: Samsung Galaxy A04s, physical device
• Version: Android 13

[carltian]

I had to solve it in the native Android module, that is the patch that worked for me using the accelerometer sensor. @ttrvdw react-native-sensors+7.3.6.patch

Describe the bug Orientation is not available for devices that do not have some sensors. e.g. a device with only accelerometer will return "Sensor orientation is not available" error when subscribing to "orientation".
Tested setup: Samsung Galaxy A04s with accelerometer but no gyroscope or magnetometer. Working without error on Samsung Galaxy S8 and iPhone XR.
To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Take phone with accelerometer but no gyroscope nor magnetometer (e.g. Samsung A20).

import {
  orientation,
  SensorTypes,
  setUpdateIntervalForType,
} from 'react-native-sensors';

const subscription = orientation.subscribe(data => {...})

This will return Sensor orientation is not available
Expected behavior The package should check what sensors are available to make the orientation measurements. I suspect that some sensor fusion is happening under the surface, but the module should check internally what sensors are available for the fusion. In case of single sensor, an orientation estimate, be it noisy, should still be returned. It's up to the end user to decide how to deal with noisy sensor data.
Desktop

• React Native Version: 0.71.7
• Device: Samsung Galaxy A04s, physical device
• Version: Android 13

hi, I use your document in my project, but it report a error
TypeError: Cannot read property 'DocumentDir' of null
i find some absolute path in the document, i try to fix it,but failed

[omerts]

This is a showstopper bug for us, it causes the app to crash with a fatal exception:

2023-12-06 13:43:52.126 20244-20292 AndroidRuntime          pid-20244                            E  FATAL EXCEPTION: mqt_native_modules
                                                                                                    Process: com.mipmip, PID: 20244
                                                                                                    com.facebook.react.common.JavascriptException: Sensor orientation is not available, js engine: hermes, stack:

This is from a real device Samsung S6 Lite tablet

[drewdev02]

I had to solve it in the native Android module, that is the patch that worked for me using the accelerometer sensor. @ttrvdw react-native-sensors+7.3.6.patch

Describe the bug Orientation is not available for devices that do not have some sensors. e.g. a device with only accelerometer will return "Sensor orientation is not available" error when subscribing to "orientation".
Tested setup: Samsung Galaxy A04s with accelerometer but no gyroscope or magnetometer. Working without error on Samsung Galaxy S8 and iPhone XR.
To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Take phone with accelerometer but no gyroscope nor magnetometer (e.g. Samsung A20).

import {
  orientation,
  SensorTypes,
  setUpdateIntervalForType,
} from 'react-native-sensors';

const subscription = orientation.subscribe(data => {...})

This will return Sensor orientation is not available
Expected behavior The package should check what sensors are available to make the orientation measurements. I suspect that some sensor fusion is happening under the surface, but the module should check internally what sensors are available for the fusion. In case of single sensor, an orientation estimate, be it noisy, should still be returned. It's up to the end user to decide how to deal with noisy sensor data.
Desktop

• React Native Version: 0.71.7
• Device: Samsung Galaxy A04s, physical device
• Version: Android 13

how install react-native-sensors+7.3.6.patch?