Qt 5.8 | Qt Sensors | Generic Backend

Qt 5.8.0 Reference Documentation

# Generic Backend

The generic sensor backend provides emulation of some of the sensors that are not supported on the platform. For example, on a platform without a rotation sensor but with an accelerometer, the accelerometer is used to calculate the rotation, thus providing an emulated rotation sensor.

The following generic sensors are supported:

Emulated Sensor | Source Sensor
--- | ---
Ambient Light Sensor | Light Sensor
Orientation Sensor | Accelerometer
Rotation Sensor | Accelerometer
Tilt Sensor | Accelerometer

If a platform doesn't support the source sensor, then the sensor cannot be emulated.