I can confirm that an update interval of greater than 35 seconds causes the GPS status icon to blink on an Sprint HTC Hero (Firmware 1.56.651.2). It does not ever go away, it will blink all day long. You can run and exit Google Maps and it goes away.
So now I get to decide whether to have this "bug" or run my location listeners at a much faster rate than I normally would. >From the docs for requestLocationUpdates: Background services should be careful about setting a sufficiently high minTime so that the device doesn't consume too much power by keeping the GPS or wireless radios on all the time. In particular, values under 60000ms are not recommended. -Alex On Dec 2, 7:54 pm, Ken H <hunt1...@gmail.com> wrote: > 1 minute seems long to me too, 5-10 sec is a good generic interval if > you just want it to turn off quicker. Also remember that theGPSneeds > a time *and* distance update interval. > > But my question is this, have you sat down and watched to see if the > little satellite dish disappears after a minute? My guess is it > should. Also remember your app is usually just suspended when you > first turn it off (so it can be booted up quicker). If android needs > the memory it will kill it. > > Ken > > On Dec 2, 11:24 am, Mark Wyszomierski <mar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I've been working with the location providers lately, I haven't seen > > this behavior. When I deregister my listeners, theGPSicon goes away, > > I haven't seen it stick around. > > > Even one minute intervals forGPSseems like a lot for me - I'm > > guessing users won't be able to move fast enough in one minute to make > > any real difference in location. All depends on the app though. > > > On Nov 19, 6:33 pm, jtoolsdev <brianjto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I'm looking to a solution using the MyLocationOverlay library where > > > one can use runOnFirstFix which can launch the thread (which I already > > > have) when the current location is found. Once it is found I can shut > > > down the location stuff as I only need it at the start of the program. > > > > On Nov 19, 3:20 pm, Nathan <nathan.d.mel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Nov 19, 12:09 pm, jtoolsdev <brianjto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > The recommendation of > > > > > the SDK is for setting up the location listener is to set time at > > > > > 60000ms or 1 minute. > > > > > Really? Does Google Maps follow that guideline? > > > > > > My tests show if you use that number when > > > > > exiting the app it may not shutdownGPS. > > > > > Sounds bad.I hope there is an answer for that. > > > > > Nathan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
