Thanks for the advice. I am still having trouble however.
When I add the debug line as advised, the app falls over and as far as
I can tell, 'location' is coming out as null.
If I comment out the log.i code then it works ok. So it seems to me
that there is something wrong with the way I am trying to get my
coordinates.
I'm not sure what I should be expecting when I load the KML file, as
nothing appears in the panel. It's not clear to me how the loading
of the KML file or manual coordinates actually link to the line -
Location location = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation("gps");
I thought the "gps" part referred to the folder location under "C:
\Program Files\android-sdk-windows-1.6_r1\tools\data\misc\location",
but I could have got that wrong.
Any further advice would be greatly appreciated. I think one of the
issues here is my inexperience in using the IDE and the way in which
run time errors can be viewed and trapped.
Cheers,
On Nov 27, 4:55 pm, Neilz <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi. As you are using Eclipse, you can use the Android plug in, and the
> build in Emulator Control, to load up your KML file and manually send
> location updates to the emulator. You find it at Window->Show View-
>
> >Other->Android->Emulator Control. That should get you going.
>
> To debug:
>
> import android.util.Log;
>
> Log.i("MyCLassName", "Lat: " + location.getLatitude() + " Long: " +
> location.getLongitude());
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> On Nov 24, 9:38 pm, redants1972 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I am trying to produce a mock location provider by using an example
> > kml file grabbed from somewhere (where I cannot remember now). Anyway
> > I think I also need a properties file but I'm not sure where this goes
> > and what it is called.
>
> > The code I am using is -
>
> > locationManager = (LocationManager)getSystemService
> > (Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
> > Location location = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation("gps");
>
> > double lat = location.getLatitude();
> > double lng = location.getLongitude();
>
> > It seems that I am not getting anything back from the kml file, but as
> > a beginner to Android and Java I am struggling to debug the problem. I
> > am using eclipse Ganymede.
>
> > What I need really is some pointers on the following:
>
> > 1. How do I debug so that I can see the values of Location.getLatitude
> > () and location.getLongitude(); ?
> > 2. I am referencing "gps" as my provider and have a kml file located
> > at C:\Program Files\android-sdk-windows-1.6_r1\tools\data\misc\location
> > \gps . Is this correct?
> > 3. How do I create the properties file?
> > 4. Any other advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> > I have scoured the net for answers but nothing seems to fit what I am
> > after. I have also tried to go to
> > URLhttp://code.google.com/android/toolbox/apis/lbs.html
> > but it redirects me tohttp://developer.android.com/guide/index.html
>
> > Thanks in advance,
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