Tutorial Problem: Can not poll compass heading on Android

[connygy]

I am following the tutorial video for using the sensor data in formula:
https://platform.appgyver.com/goals/useSensorVariables/video?app_id=207901

I did the exact same thing as the tutorial, but I can still not poll the compass heading data on my Android.

I found a similar article in the forum:

Unable to get compass heading on Android

I’m making an Android test app (ID 169218) to get the compass heading of the device when a button is pressed. The home screen has a paragraph component bound to the heading page variable of type number bound to the formula sensorVars.compass.latestValue.heading: [Paragraph component] There’s also a Get heading button with a logic flow that calls Get single compass value and Set page variable heading to the formula sensorVars.compass.latestValue.heading: [Button logic] When I test the app …

People say that “sensorVars.compass.latestValue.heading” is an object, I need to add a “degree”, but it still doesn’t work on my android

Do you know where I did wrong possibly?

[Cecilia]

Hi,

You’re right, using sensorVars.compass.latestValue.heading or sensorVars.compass.latestValue.heading.degree does not work directly, thanks for reporting, I’ll file a bug ticket about it. However I was able to get it working on Android with the following set up:

I created a page variable compass to store the value, and used Get single compass value to set its value with the following formula: STRING(outputs["Get single compass value"].value.heading.degree) (the formula editor complains but you can ignore that). If you want to keep updating the value, you can add a loop with a short delay. I used the Component tap event for a button, but this can also be used to Page focus event to avoid having to use a button.

[connygy]

It is already half year gone, the bug is still here…