ActivityRecognitionApi

public interface ActivityRecognitionApi

The main entry point for interacting with activity recognition.

The methods must be used in conjunction with a GoogleApiClient. E.g. 


     new GoogleApiClient.Builder(context)
             .addApi(ActivityRecognition.API)
             .addConnectionCallbacks(this)
             .addOnConnectionFailedListener(this)
             .build()

Public Method Summary

abstract PendingResult<Status>
removeActivityUpdates(GoogleApiClient client, PendingIntent callbackIntent)
Removes all activity updates for the specified PendingIntent.
abstract PendingResult<Status>
requestActivityUpdates(GoogleApiClient client, long detectionIntervalMillis, PendingIntent callbackIntent)
Register for activity recognition updates.

Public Methods

public abstract PendingResult<Status> removeActivityUpdates (GoogleApiClient client, PendingIntent callbackIntent)

Removes all activity updates for the specified PendingIntent.

Calling this function requires the com.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION permission.

Parameters
client An existing GoogleApiClient. It must be connected at the time of this call, which is normally achieved by calling connect() and waiting for onConnected(Bundle) to be called.
callbackIntent the PendingIntent that was used in requestActivityUpdates(GoogleApiClient, long, PendingIntent) or is equal as defined by equals(Object).
Returns
  • a PendingResult for the call, check isSuccess() to determine if it was successful.

public abstract PendingResult<Status> requestActivityUpdates (GoogleApiClient client, long detectionIntervalMillis, PendingIntent callbackIntent)

Register for activity recognition updates.

The activities are detected by periodically waking up the device and reading short bursts of sensor data. It only makes use of low power sensors in order to keep the power usage to a minimum. For example, it can detect if the user is currently on foot, in a car, on a bicycle or still. See DetectedActivity for more details.

The activity detection update interval can be controlled with the detectionIntervalMillis parameter. Larger values will result in fewer activity detections while improving battery life. Smaller values will result in more frequent activity detections but will consume more power since the device must be woken up more frequently. Long.MAX_VALUE means it only monitors the results requested by other clients without consuming additional power.

Activities may be received more frequently than the detectionIntervalMillis parameter if another application has also requested activity updates at a faster rate. It may also receive updates faster when the activity detection service receives a signal that the current activity may change, such as if the device has been still for a long period of time and is then unplugged from a phone charger.

Activities may arrive several seconds after the requested detectionIntervalMillis if the activity detection service requires more samples to make a more accurate prediction.

To conserve battery, activity reporting may stop when the device is 'STILL' for an extended period of time. It will resume once the device moves again. This only happens on devices that support the Sensor.TYPE_SIGNIFICANT_MOTION hardware.

Beginning in API 21, activities may be received less frequently than the detectionIntervalMillis parameter if the device is in power save mode and the screen is off.

A common use case is that an application wants to monitor activities in the background and perform an action when a specific activity is detected. To do this without needing a service that is always on in the background consuming resources, detected activities are delivered via an intent. The application specifies a PendingIntent callback (typically an IntentService) which will be called with an intent when activities are detected. The intent recipient can extract the ActivityRecognitionResult using extractResult(android.content.Intent). See the documentation of PendingIntent for more details.

Any requests previously registered with requestActivityUpdates(GoogleApiClient, long, PendingIntent) that have the same PendingIntent (as defined by equals(Object)) will be replaced by this request.

Calling this function requires the com.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION permission.

Parameters
client An existing GoogleApiClient. It must be connected at the time of this call, which is normally achieved by calling connect() and waiting for onConnected(Bundle) to be called.
detectionIntervalMillis the desired time between activity detections. Larger values will result in fewer activity detections while improving battery life. A value of 0 will result in activity detections at the fastest possible rate.
callbackIntent a PendingIntent to be sent for each activity detection.
Returns
  • a PendingResult for the call, check isSuccess() to determine if it was successful.