Problem with Gyro in Unity Android project

Questions & Answers
1

I would like to get a reference to Gyroscope and retreive its rotationRate.

Using code like this:

...
void Start() {
  if (SystemInfo.supportsGyroscope) {
    gyro = Input.gyro;
    gyro.enabled = true;
  }
}

void Update() {
  if (gyro.enabled) {
    Debug.Log("Gyro: " + gyro.rotationRate);
  }
}
...

The problem is that SystemInfo.supportsGyroscope returns false. gyro.enabled = true; doesn’t do the trick, since Gyroscope.attitude keeps returning (0, 0, 0) object.

I am using Unity v5 along with Unity Remote 4, and have Dell Venue 7 connected for quick debugging. Everything worked fine just 2 weeks ago with Unity v4. Now, after upgrade it stopped working.

2

Use accelerometer instead

https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/modules/beginner/platform-specific/accelerometer-input