Also, found a reasonable alternative to the solutions here in the chromium source - looks like from a google search this had to be patched there, too --
https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/content/public/android/java/src/org/chromium/content/browser/DeviceMotionAndOrientation.java?pathrev=246398 See starting line 194. When people discuss fragmentation, it's kind of funny because it's things like this that I find bothersome, things breaking through no fault of our own, and only on specific devices! Good thing this broke on flagship devices, otherwise it might be a struggle for myself or others who come across this to make sense of it and deploy a quick fix... On Sunday, January 26, 2014 7:24:41 PM UTC-5, Adam Ratana wrote: > > Just got bit by this when I updated the target-sdk from 16. Prior to > that this was not happening for my S4 and Note 3 users. > > On Wednesday, October 2, 2013 1:39:12 PM UTC-4, String wrote: >> >> I've already worked around the problem; I wasn't posting here looking for >> solutions, more to put this out there so that the next dev getting >> motion-sensor errors on a Note 3 (or similar) would be able to find it. >> Sorry I didn't make that clear. >> >> My solution looks like this: >> >> try { >> SensorManager.getRotationMatrixFromVector(R, rotationVector); >> } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) { >> if (rotationVector.length > 3) { >> // Note 3 bug >> float[] newVector = new float[] { >> rotationVector[0], >> rotationVector[1], >> rotationVector[2] >> }; >> SensorManager.getRotationMatrixFromVector(R, newVector); >> } >> } >> >> I couldn't come up with a good decision criteria for trapping the bug >> preemptively, so I went with catching the exception instead. I've confirmed >> that this solution works with a Note 3 user who was experiencing the bug, >> plus it doesn't break on other devices (including a Galaxy Nexus on 4.3 and >> a Galaxy S4 on 4.2.2). >> >> String >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
