On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 2:27 PM, cellurl <[email protected]> wrote:
> This works:
>
> public class Translate extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
> LocationManager lm =
> (LocationManager)getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
> }
>
Because your class derives from Activity, which derives from Context, where
the getSystemService is define, so it's inherited.
> This doesn't: (ERR sez: the method getSystemService(String) is
> undefined for the type LunarView.LunarThread)
>
> public class LunarView extends SurfaceView implements
> SurfaceHolder.Callback {
> class LunarThread extends Thread {
>
> LocationManager lm =
> (LocationManager)getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
>
> }
> }
>
Because you're trying to use the function from within a thread which does
not define the function, nor does it's outer class (SurfaceView). So why
exactly would you expect this to work?
Try getContext().getSystemService().
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