Alex, have you tried a simple test of just registering, then deregistering the listeners in an otherwise empty project? On my G1/1.5, I don't get this behavior, the GPS icon goes away shortly after a deregister. If it's a quirk on that device, that is worrisome. In that case, many apps will burn out the user's battery?
Mark On Dec 4, 11:57 pm, Alex <acni...@gmail.com> wrote: > I can confirm that an update interval of greater than 35 seconds > causes theGPSstatus 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 theGPSor 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
