It has been suggested to use 'BOARD_HAVE_GPS_HARDWARE := true' in BoardConfig.mk. However there are no references to this string in the sources: http://www.google.com/codesearch#search/&exact_package=android&q=BOARD_HAVE_GPS_HARDWARE&type=cs.
The documentation for BoardConfig.mk has been removed by google, it is linked to in this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting/browse_thread/thread/d89453c6a60d4277 Does anyone see how I could solve this problem without just disabling all location information packages. BTW I'm on Gingerbread. Thanks, Matt On Nov 14, 11:03 am, aulty <matthew.a...@googlemail.com> wrote: > The board that I am porting android to does not have gps hardware. > > When I visit the google mobile page with the default webkit browser > using the board it crashes as the gps does not work. > > I can fix this by editing GeoLocationService.java to not look for gps > updates by commenting out this line: > > mLocationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, > 0, 0, this); > > Does anyone know how or could advise me on how to go about disabling > gps support in the android build system for a more elegant and > compatible solution? > > Logcat dump of the crash: > > D/mterp ( 923): Exception Ljava/lang/IllegalArgumentException; from > LocationManager.java:583 not caught locally > W/dalvikvm( 923): JNI WARNING: JNI method called with exception > raised > W/dalvikvm( 923): in Landroid/webkit/ > JWebCoreJavaBridge;.sharedTimerFired ()V (NewLocalRef) > W/dalvikvm( 923): Pending exception is: > I/dalvikvm( 923): Ljava/lang/IllegalArgumentException;: provider=gps > I/dalvikvm( 923): at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java: > 1326) > I/dalvikvm( 923): at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java: > 1276) > I/dalvikvm( 923): at android.location.ILocationManager$Stub > $Proxy.requestLocationUpdates(ILocationManager.java:646) > I/dalvikvm( 923): at > android.location.LocationManager._requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.java: > 582) > I/dalvikvm( 923): at > android.location.LocationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.java: > 446) > I/dalvikvm( 923): at > android.webkit.GeolocationService.registerForLocationUpdates(GeolocationService.java: > 162) > I/dalvikvm( 923): at > android.webkit.GeolocationService.start(GeolocationService.java:66) > I/dalvikvm( 923): at > android.webkit.JWebCoreJavaBridge.sharedTimerFired(Native Method) > I/dalvikvm( 923): at > android.webkit.JWebCoreJavaBridge.fireSharedTimer(JWebCoreJavaBridge.java: > 91) > I/dalvikvm( 923): at > android.webkit.JWebCoreJavaBridge.handleMessage(JWebCoreJavaBridge.java: > 108) > I/dalvikvm( 923): at > android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) > I/dalvikvm( 923): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123) > I/dalvikvm( 923): at android.webkit.WebViewCore > $WebCoreThread.run(WebViewCore.java:629) > I/dalvikvm( 923): at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1019) > I/dalvikvm( 923): "WebViewCoreThread" prio=5 tid=10 NATIVE > I/dalvikvm( 923): | group="main" sCount=0 dsCount=0 obj=0x8599d10 > self=0x1018e580 > I/dalvikvm( 923): | sysTid=955 nice=0 sched=0/0 cgrp=[fopen-error: > 2] handle=270602432 > I/dalvikvm( 923): at > android.webkit.JWebCoreJavaBridge.sharedTimerFired(Native Method) > I/dalvikvm( 923): at > android.webkit.JWebCoreJavaBridge.fireSharedTimer(JWebCoreJavaBridge.java: > 91) > I/dalvikvm( 923): at > android.webkit.JWebCoreJavaBridge.handleMessage(JWebCoreJavaBridge.java: > 108) > I/dalvikvm( 923): at > android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) > I/dalvikvm( 923): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123) > I/dalvikvm( 923): at android.webkit.WebViewCore > $WebCoreThread.run(WebViewCore.java:629) > I/dalvikvm( 923): at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1019) > I/dalvikvm( 923): > E/dalvikvm( 923): VM aborting -- unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting
