Shake control for Windows Phone 7

Question

How would I use the accelerometer in WinPho7 to detect shaking the phone and have that trigger an event. For example, to roll dice, you would shake the phone.

Answer 1

You would be after the Accelerometer class in the Microsoft.Devices.Sensors namespace.

While this quick how-to is targeted at XNA game development, it gives a good example of the usage of the Accelerometer class.

Answer 2

Here are 3 solutions, each with code:

http://www.j2i.net/BlogEngine/post/2010/07/31/Detect-Shaking-Motion-on-Windows-Phone-7.aspx

http://blog.markarteaga.com/ShakeDetectionOnWindowsPhone7.aspx

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/98492/Detect-Shaking-Motion-on-Windows-Phone-7.aspx