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Lee Zhi Eng
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Lee Zhi Eng is a self-taught programmer who worked as an artist and programmer at several game studios before becoming a part-time lecturer for 2 years at a university, teaching game development subjects related to Unity and Unreal Engine. He has not only taken part in various projects related to games, interactive apps, and virtual reality but has also participated in multiple projects that are more oriented toward software and system development. When he is not writing code, he enjoys traveling, photography, and exploring new technologies.
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Accessing sensors with C++

So far, we have learned how we can access the sensors' data through QML scripting. However, the sensors can also be accessed through Qt's various C++ classes. We will walk through some examples of this and demonstrate how we can achieve that.

First, create an empty Qt project (you can continue from the previous example if you wish, though). Instead of writing the code in the .qml file, we will open up main.cpp instead. After that, we will include some headers so that we can access these classes. Remember to add the sensors module to your project file (.pro) if you are creating a new Qt project:

#include <QDebug>
#include <QTimer>

#include <QAccelerometer>
#include <QAmbientLightSensor>
#include <QProximitySensor>

#include <QAccelerometerReading>
#include <QAmbientLightReading>
#include <QProximityReading...
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Lee Zhi Eng

Lee Zhi Eng is a self-taught programmer who worked as an artist and programmer at several game studios before becoming a part-time lecturer for 2 years at a university, teaching game development subjects related to Unity and Unreal Engine. He has not only taken part in various projects related to games, interactive apps, and virtual reality but has also participated in multiple projects that are more oriented toward software and system development. When he is not writing code, he enjoys traveling, photography, and exploring new technologies.
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