The acceleration
property returns the amount of acceleration recorded by the device, in meters per second squared (m/s2).
Note: If the hardware doesn't know how to remove gravity from the acceleration data, this value may not be present in the DeviceMotionEvent
. In this situation, you'll need to use DeviceMotionEvent.accelerationIncludingGravity
instead.
Syntax
var acceleration = deviceMotionEvent.acceleration;
Value
The acceleration
property is an object providing information about acceleration on three axis. Each axis is represented with its own property:
x
- Represents the acceleration upon the x axis which is the west to east axis
y
- Represents the acceleration upon the y axis which is the south to north axis
z
- Represents the acceleration upon the z axis which is the down to up axis
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
DeviceOrientation Event Specification | Editor's Draft | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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acceleration | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 6 | IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari ? | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support 6 | Opera Android ? | Safari iOS Full support 4.2 | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.