Get the list of available sensors, SensorManager.getSensorList()

The class android.hardware.SensorManager provide a method getSensorList(). Use this method to get the list of available sensors of a certain type, or use Sensor.TYPE_ALL to get all the sensors.

package com.exercise.AndroidSensorList;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.hardware.Sensor;
import android.hardware.SensorManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;

public class AndroidSensorList extends ListActivity {
   /** Called when the activity is first created. */
   @Override
   public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
       SensorManager sensorManager
        = (SensorManager)getSystemService(Context.SENSOR_SERVICE);
       List<Sensor> listSensor
        = sensorManager.getSensorList(Sensor.TYPE_ALL);

       List<String> listSensorType = new ArrayList<String>();
       for(int i=0; i<listSensor.size(); i++){
        listSensorType.add(listSensor.get(i).getName());
       }
      
       setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
               android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,
               listSensorType));
       getListView().setTextFilterEnabled(true);
   }
}

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