Hey all who are interested in this topic- I have taken John's above advice and modified it into what I believe is a more efficient way to be doing this [although the efficiency of my method is only evident if you're going to to ensure updates from either provider throughout the life of your app]. Please let me know your thoughts on this method:
Rather than running both listeners side-by-side as John suggested above, I am first running a GPS listener and then within that listener's onProviderDisabled and onStatusChanged [only if the status is OUT_OF_SERVICE or TEMPORARILY_UNAVAILABLE] I am requesting updates from a Network listener [and of course setting a networkOn=true flag so I don't turn it on twice or anything]. Then the Network takes over [while GPS listener remains running] until onStatusChanged() in the GPS listener gets an AVAILABLE status at which point I turn off the Network listener [and mark the flag accordingly] and allow the GPS to do its thing. The reason I think this is more efficient would be for power usage purposes: it seems that running the GPS and Network listeners side-by- side all-the-time would be a waste of the user's battery... Running 'em side by side would also probably slow down your app just a tiny bit as you're starting up an extra listener when you may not need to. -Nick On Apr 2, 9:41 am, "Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)" <cor...@gmail.com> wrote: > The COARSE and FINE will both be the same if only one location service > is available, also they will be null if no location service is > available. What I do is create both, then test to see if they are > equal and if so, null one out before starting the listeners. One > problem that could result in this method is if your app is long lived > and started indoors (network or no location service), then the user > ventures outside where GPS is available. If you expect this type of > usage then you'll have to be checking periodically. > > -John Coryat -- 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
