Xamarin.Essentials: Vibration
The Vibration class lets you start and stop the vibrate functionality for a desired amount of time.
Get started
To start using this API, read the getting started guide for Xamarin.Essentials to ensure the library is properly installed and set up in your projects.
To access the Vibration functionality the following platform specific setup is required.
The Vibrate permission is required and must be configured in the Android project. This can be added in the following ways:
Open the AssemblyInfo.cs file under the Properties folder and add:
[assembly: UsesPermission(Android.Manifest.Permission.Vibrate)]
OR Update Android Manifest:
Open the AndroidManifest.xml file under the Properties folder and add the following inside of the manifest node.
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
Or right click on the Android project and open the project's properties. Under Android Manifest find the Required permissions: area and check the VIBRATE permission. This will automatically update the AndroidManifest.xml file.
Using Vibration
Add a reference to Xamarin.Essentials in your class:
using Xamarin.Essentials;
The Vibration functionality can be requested for a set amount of time or the default of 500 milliseconds.
try
{
// Use default vibration length
Vibration.Vibrate();
// Or use specified time
var duration = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
Vibration.Vibrate(duration);
}
catch (FeatureNotSupportedException ex)
{
// Feature not supported on device
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// Other error has occurred.
}
Cancellation of device vibration can be requested with the Cancel method:
try
{
Vibration.Cancel();
}
catch (FeatureNotSupportedException ex)
{
// Feature not supported on device
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// Other error has occurred.
}