You always need a locationlistener in your app, otherwise the GPS updates
seem not to be recorded. There have been quite a few previous posts on this
which might be worth reading.
Ludwig
2008/11/26 crontabpy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> hi there,
> I'm still trying to find out why does loc =
> locman.getLastKnownLocation("gps"); always returns null value
>
> When I run this app, I telnet to the emulator and enter
> geo fix 25 25
> while the emulator is with my app running.
> I still get null values.
>
> can anyone help??
>
> below my app source code:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> package com.layout.test;
>
>
>
> import android.app.Activity;
> import android.content.Context;
> import android.location.Location;
> import android.location.LocationManager;
> import android.os.Bundle;
> import android.view.Menu;
> import android.view.MenuItem;
> import android.widget.TextView;
>
> public class Pruebas extends Activity {
> LocationManager locman = null;
> Location loc = null;
>
> @Override
> public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
> super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
> setContentView(R.layout.main);
>
>
> }
>
> private void initActivity() {
> this.locman = (LocationManager) getSystemService
> (Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
>
> loc = locman.getLastKnownLocation("gps");
> String myString = loc.toString();
> TextView text = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.lblTest);
> text.setText(myString);
>
>
> }
>
> @Override
> public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
> super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
>
> menu.add(0, 27, 0, "GetLocation").setIcon(
> android.R.drawable.ic_menu_add);
>
>
> return true;
> }
>
> @Override
> public boolean onMenuItemSelected(int featureId, MenuItem item) {
>
> switch (item.getItemId()) {
> case 27:
> initActivity();
>
> return true;
>
> }
> return super.onMenuItemSelected(featureId, item);
> }
> }
>
> On Nov 26, 11:33 am, crontabpy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > anyone?having the same problem here
> >
> > On Oct 22, 12:29 pm, Matthias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> >
> > > no, it still doesn't work as expected. It only works when going
> > > through telnet and sending manual fixes using the geo command, but it
> > > never works via ADB and Eclipse GUI. Bummer. I run Linux though, and I
> > > have seen it working on my friend's Windows machine. Is that feature
> > > platform dependent by any chance?
> >
> > > On Oct 16, 8:40 pm, Gautam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > > Thanks Ludwig for pointing me in the right direction :)
> >
> > > > I've got it working now and this is how it works for me:
> >
> > > > For getLastKnownLocation() to work, the best way is to telnet into
> the
> > > > emulator geo fix command or DDMS controls using Eclipse.
> > > > Without using one of these options above to set thelocation, the
> > > > method will return null.
> >
> > > > A better way is to get the LocationAPISample and geo_sample_data
> fromhttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/files
> >
> > > > The LocationSample registers a LocationListener so we keep getting
> > > >locationupdates instead of just onelocationvalue plus the .gpx file
> > > > can be used to set locations or simulate a path (cool!)
> >
> > > > @Matthias
> > > > Let me know if my pointers help you or we can continue working to get
> > > > this working for you as well.
> >
> > > > Thanks everyone,
> > > > Gautam
> >
> > > > On Oct 16, 1:36 pm, Ludwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > > > There has been a recent exchange over this:
> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa...
> >
> > > > > Apologies if I missed a more specific problem in your question.
> >
> > > > > Ludwig
> >
> > > > > 2008/10/16 Matthias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > > > > > anyone found a solution? I am still struggling over this...
> >
>
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