system.vibrate()

Type Function
Library system.*
Return value none
Revision Release 2025.3721
Keywords vibrate, haptic, taptic

Overview

Vibrates and haptic feedback on a phone. In the Corona Simulator, this will sound a system beep (macOS only).

Gotchas

Haptic Feedback is only supported Solar2D 2021.3660+ but classic "system.vibrate()" works on older builds

To enable the vibrate function on Android devices, you must set the permission level in the build.settings file.

settings =
{
    android =
    {
        usesPermissions =
        {
            "android.permission.VIBRATE",
        },
    },
}

Syntax

system.vibrate([type, style])
type (optional)

String. The possible types are "impact", "selection" and "notification". If no value is specified the device will do a classic vibrate

style (optional)

String. The possible styles for "impact" are "light", "medium" and "heavy". The default type is "medium". The possible styles for "notification" are "warning", "success" and "error". The default type is "success".

Examples

Classic Vibrate
--make the device vibrate
system.vibrate()
Haptic Feedback
--medium impact
system.vibrate("impact") -- same as system.vibrate("impact", "medium")
--heavy impact
system.vibrate("impact", "heavy") 
--selection
system.vibrate("selection")
--warning notification
system.vibrate("notification", "warning")