# Making a compass app

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/making-a-compass-app/561412>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [April 7, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/making-a-compass-app/561412 "2020-04-07T14:06:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![tobi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tobi/32/70526_2.png) [@tobi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tobi)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/making-a-compass-app/561412/1 "2020-04-07T14:06:43Z")

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Hey friends,  
I want to make a compass app in which i can get compass values. When i am searching about this in thunkable community, i got that there is a component named Magnetometer which can be used as a compass.  
Please tell me that how can i use that feature to get compass values.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/making-a-compass-app/561412/2 "2020-07-15T12:38:00Z")

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Hey @tobi

Is this still an active project?

You’d probably need a canvas component with a sprite that [you can then rotate](https://docs.thunkable.com/direction#angle).

Hope that helps!

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**Author:** ![swpnila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@swpnila](https://community.thunkable.com/u/swpnila)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/making-a-compass-app/561412/3 "2021-05-30T14:18:12Z")

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I tried making a compass used magnetometer’s heading,compass,sprite and etc. When I tried to test it it spins the sprite but does not show north correct ly(I tested it using my default compass app which was built in.)

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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/making-a-compass-app/561412/4 "2021-05-30T16:19:17Z")

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When you post on the forums, you need to include a link to your project or screenshots of your blocks. We can’t guess at the problem without knowing how you’ve set things up.

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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/making-a-compass-app/561412/5 "2024-08-15T03:24:31Z")

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