I'm making an Android maze game. Currently, I'm using the UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT button from the emulator. I would like to add the motion sensor to move the ball. How do I use the motion sensors? Is there any open source to control the ball?

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package com.chrischu.inclassassignment_3;


//import com.chrischu.mazegame.R;

import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import android.hardware.Sensor;
import android.hardware.SensorListener;
import android.hardware.SensorManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.KeyEvent;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;

@SuppressLint("ViewConstructor")
public class GameView extends View {

    //width and height of the whole maze and width of lines which
    //make the walls
    private int width, height, lineWidth;
    //size of the maze i.e. number of cells in it
    private int mazeSizeX, mazeSizeY;
    //width and height of cells in the maze
    float cellWidth, cellHeight;
    //the following store result of cellWidth+lineWidth 
    //and cellHeight+lineWidth respectively 
    float totalCellWidth, totalCellHeight;
    //the finishing point of the maze
    private int mazeFinishX, mazeFinishY;
    private Maze maze;
    private Activity context;
    private Paint line, red, background;


    public GameView(Context context, Maze maze) {
        super(context);
        this.context = (Activity)context;
        this.maze = maze;
        mazeFinishX = maze.getFinalX();
        mazeFinishY = maze.getFinalY();
        mazeSizeX = maze.getMazeWidth();
        mazeSizeY = maze.getMazeHeight();
        line = new Paint();

        line.setColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.line)); 
        red = new Paint();
        red.setColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.position));
        background = new Paint();
        background.setColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.game_bg));
        setFocusable(true);
        this.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
    }
    protected void onSizeChanged(int w, int h, int oldw, int oldh) {
        width = (w < h)?w:h;
        height = width;         //for now square mazes
        lineWidth = 10;          //for now 1 pixel wide walls
        cellWidth = (width - ((float)mazeSizeX*lineWidth)) / mazeSizeX;
        totalCellWidth = cellWidth+lineWidth;
        cellHeight = (height - ((float)mazeSizeY*lineWidth)) / mazeSizeY;
        totalCellHeight = cellHeight+lineWidth;
        red.setTextSize(cellHeight*0.75f);
        super.onSizeChanged(w, h, oldw, oldh);
    }

    protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
        //fill in the background
        canvas.drawRect(0, 0, width, height, background);

        boolean[][] hLines = maze.getHorizontalLines();
        boolean[][] vLines = maze.getVerticalLines();
        //iterate over the boolean arrays to draw walls
        for(int i = 0; i < mazeSizeX; i++) {
            for(int j = 0; j < mazeSizeY; j++){
                float x = j * totalCellWidth;
                float y = i * totalCellHeight;
                if(j < mazeSizeX - 1 && vLines[i][j]) {
                    //we'll draw a vertical line
                    canvas.drawLine(x + cellWidth,   //start X
                                    y,               //start Y
                                    x + cellWidth,   //stop X
                                    y + cellHeight,  //stop Y
                                    line);
                }
                if(i < mazeSizeY - 1 && hLines[i][j]) {
                    //we'll draw a horizontal line
                    canvas.drawLine(x,               //startX 
                                    y + cellHeight,  //startY 
                                    x + cellWidth,   //stopX 
                                    y + cellHeight,  //stopY 
                                    line);
                }
            }
        }
        int currentX = maze.getCurrentX(),currentY = maze.getCurrentY();
        //draw the ball
        canvas.drawCircle((currentX * totalCellWidth)+(cellWidth/2),   //x of center
                          (currentY * totalCellHeight)+(cellWidth/2),  //y of center
                          (cellWidth*0.45f),                           //radius
                          red);

        //draw the finishing point indicator
        canvas.drawText("F",
                        (mazeFinishX * totalCellWidth)+(cellWidth*0.25f),
                        (mazeFinishY * totalCellHeight)+(cellHeight*0.75f),
                        red);

    }






    @Override
    public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent evt) {
        boolean moved = false;
        switch(keyCode) {


            case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_UP:
                moved = maze.move(Maze.UP);
                break;
            case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_DOWN:
                moved = maze.move(Maze.DOWN);
                break;
            case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_RIGHT:
                moved = maze.move(Maze.RIGHT);
                break;
            case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_LEFT:
                moved = maze.move(Maze.LEFT);
                break;
            default:
                return super.onKeyDown(keyCode,evt);
        }

        if(moved) {
            //the ball was moved so we'll redraw the view
            invalidate();
            if(maze.isGameComplete()) {
                AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(context);
                builder.setTitle(context.getText(R.string.finished_title));
                LayoutInflater inflater = context.getLayoutInflater();
                View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.finish, null);
                builder.setView(view);
                View closeButton =view.findViewById(R.id.btnQuit);
                closeButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
                    public void onClick(View clicked) {
                        if(clicked.getId() == R.id.btnQuit) {
                            context.finish();
                        }
                    }
                });
                AlertDialog finishDialog = builder.create();
                finishDialog.show();
            }
        }
        return true;
    }
}

You cannot do it in emulator as you need real device. Then just look for motion sensor tutoriala as there are many with ball control/monitoring

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