Is the Hinge Angle Sensor API / Hinge Sensor still the way to go to listen on hinge angle changes?

Hi team,

is the https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/dual-screen/android/api-reference/hinge-sensor?tabs=csharp still the way to go to listen on hinge angle changes?

The blog post is a little bit older than the NuGet package release and I do not really know if this API / sensor will exist in the future.

The DualScreenInfo.Current.PropertyChanged event seems to be perfect to also populate changes in the hinge angle, isn't it?

Thanks for your feedback!

- Tobi

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Craig_Dunn
Apr 14, 2020
tscholze you probably found this already, but for other techcommunity readers, you can read the Xamarin.Forms hinge sensor docs here:

https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/app-fundamentals/dual-screen/dual-screen-info#poll-hinge-angle-on-android

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guymerin
Microsoft
Mar 05, 2020
tscholze

For Andoird Native development (Java and Kotlin), the best method is what we describe in our documentation which is to have a listener on a new sensor we added (Hinge Angle Sensor)
- tscholze
  Iron Contributor
  Mar 07, 2020
  Thanks for pointing it out. I'm using Xamarin.Forms.
  - Craig_Dunn
    Microsoft
    Apr 14, 2020
    tscholze you probably found this already, but for other techcommunity readers, you can read the Xamarin.Forms hinge sensor docs here:
    
    https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/app-fundamentals/dual-screen/dual-screen-info#poll-hinge-angle-on-android

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Is the Hinge Angle Sensor API / Hinge Sensor still the way to go to listen on hinge angle changes?

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