The light sensor measures the ambient light. It can be used to detect indoor or outdoor light conditions. The official SensorManager Light constants are:

• Cloudy sky: 100.0
• Full moon: 0.25
• No moon: 0.001
• Overcast: 10000.0
• Shade: 20000.0
• Sunlight: 110000.0
• Sunlight maximum: 120000.0
• Sunrise: 400.0

Settings

• Aware_Preferences.STATUS_LIGHT: true or false to activate or deactivate sensor.
• Aware_Preferences.FREQUENCY_LIGHT: non-deterministic frequency in microseconds (dependent of the hardware sensor capabilities and resources). You can also use a SensorManager sensor delay constant.

• Light.ACTION_AWARE_LIGHT: new data recorded in provider.
  • Light.EXTRA_DATA: the recorded data, as ContentValues.
  • Light.EXTRA_SENSOR: the sensor information.
• Light.ACTION_AWARE_LIGHT_LABEL: assign label to the recorded data.
  • Light.EXTRA_LABEL: the desired label.

Light Sensor

Contains the hardware sensor capabilities in the mobile device.

Light_Sensor.CONTENT_URI
content://com.aware.provider.light/sensor_light

Table field	Field type	Description
_id	INTEGER	primary key, auto incremented
timestamp	REAL	unixtime milliseconds since 1970
device_id	TEXT	AWARE device UUID
double_sensor_maximum_range	REAL	Maximum sensor value possible
double_sensor_minimum_delay	REAL	Minimum sampling delay in microseconds
sensor_name	TEXT	Sensor’s name
double_sensor_power_ma	REAL	Sensor’s power drain in mA
double_sensor_resolution	REAL	Sensor’s resolution in sensor’s units
sensor_type	TEXT	Sensor’s type
sensor_vendor	TEXT	Sensor’s manufacturer
sensor_version	TEXT	Sensor’s version number

Light Data

Contains the raw sensor data.

Light_Data.CONTENT_URI
content://com.aware.provider.light/light