niksbin wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I was doing some research on the web. I found this program that helps > if the Android-phone is lost or stolen. However, the description > indicates that automatically enabling GPS is not possible within/via > the app? Here is the URL for the app I found: > > http://www.androlib.com/android.application.org-ajeje-locservice15-zxw.aspx > > Can you tell me if this is true?
Yes. > If so, is there a work-around to > this as a feature for a GPS app? No. > I was actually thinking of creating > a location-based app, but am surprised to see this. If the user disables GPS, that is the user's right. If the user has GPS enabled, the GPS radio is still normally off, for battery reasons, but it will automatically turn on once you request location updates or something. Similarly, the radio will automatically turn off once you stop using it. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android App Developer Books: http://commonsware.com/books.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
