Using the accelerometer for steering
iOS applications also have another form of input: the accelerometer. This measures the orientation of the iOS device on the X, Y, and Z planes. Device orientation is a dynamic (if slightly delayed) input mechanism with a variety of uses. One of these uses is steering in racing video games.
Getting ready
Please refer to the project RecipeCollection01 for full working code of this recipe.
How to do it...
Execute the following code:
@implementation Ch2_AccelerometerSteering -(CCLayer*) runRecipe { //Enable the accelerometer and set its updateInterval self.isAccelerometerEnabled = YES; [[UIAccelerometer sharedAccelerometer] ...Get Cocos2d for iPhone 1 Game Development Cookbook now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
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