Is the current provided android emulator able to simulate the sensors?

Question

Is the current provided android emulator able to simulate the sensors? If not, can I get a link to third party that will provide me with this? Previous post on stackoverflow and its links are not working

Answer 1

You do not need a device to simulate Android sensors. The Android Emulator (v25.2.2 and higher), launched with Android Studio 2.2 can simulate the following sensor types:

• TYPE_ACCELEROMETER
• TYPE_AMBIENT_TEMPERATURE
• TYPE_GRAVITY
• TYPE_GYROSCOPE
• TYPE_LIGHT
• TYPE_LINEAR_ACCELERATION
• TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD
• TYPE_ORIENTATION
• TYPE_PRESSURE
• TYPE_PROXIMITY
• TYPE_RELATIVE_HUMIDITY
• TYPE_ROTATION_VECTOR
• TYPE_TEMPERATURE

As defined here: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/sensors/sensors_overview.html