I need to get the device orientation to make some kind of compass. I saw that the old plugin | [2] used for this is now deprecated and that is suggested to use the W3C Device Orientation API now.
I tried to use it this way:
this.window.addEventListener("deviceorientation", function(event) {
console.log(event);
}, true);
but the main orientation values (alpha, beta and gamma) are always null. I tried to turn on the GPS too see if anything changes, but does not.
I tried other events related to changes of orientation, but these don’t even fire, I belive this is because the orientation values are always null.
this.window.addEventListener("orientationchange", (event) => {
console.log(event, screen.orientation.angle);
}, true);
this.window.onorientationchange = (event) => {
console.log(event, screen.orientation.angle);
};
Am I doing something wrong? Is there other easier or correct way to get these informations?