I see that too. There's not much more we can do other than release it in onPause or onDestroy.
On Dec 5, 8:42 pm, Mark Wyszomierski <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually on the G1 running 1.5, the GPS icon doesn't remove itself > from the notifications bar if the phone goes into sleep mode while you > have a listener registered (even though I'm deregistering onPause()). > Example: > > 1) on app start, register listener for gps. > 2) onPause() to home screen, log shows listener deregistered, icon > disappears. > 3) bring app to foreground again, gps listener is registered, icon is > showing. > 4) let phone fall asleep with your activity in the foreground > 5) onPause() is still called, deregistering listener, log shows > deregister event. > 5) hit the menu key to wake the phone (but not completely awake yet) > 7) gps icon is still in status bar. > > I'm not sure if gps is actually running in this state, or it's just > stuck on the titlebar. I'm hoping it's just stuck on the titlebar when > falling asleep... > > Thanks > > On Dec 5, 12:25 am, Alex <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > This same code works fine on a G1 (1.5/1.6), Magic, Droid, Cliq, > > Samsung Behold and Moment. I was previously using a 10 minute update > > interval. > > > I think it was the firmware update Sprint/HTC applied recently. While > > it fixed many of the gigantic bugs with the Hero, it introduced this > > one. > > > I confirmed it with this test code: > > > public class GPSBugActivity extends Activity implements > > LocationListener > > { > > private static final int MIN_TIME = 60000; // 1 minute > > private static final int MIN_DISTANCE = 1000; // 1 kilometer > > > private LocationManager locationManager = null; > > > @Override > > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) > > { > > super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); > > setContentView(R.layout.main); > > > locationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService > > (Context.LOCATION_SERVICE); > > > > locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, > > MIN_TIME, MIN_DISTANCE, this); > > } > > > @Override > > protected void onDestroy() > > { > > super.onDestroy(); > > > locationManager.removeUpdates(this); > > } > > > @Override > > public void onLocationChanged(Location arg0) > > { > > } > > > @Override > > public void onProviderDisabled(String arg0) > > { > > } > > > @Override > > public void onProviderEnabled(String arg0) > > { > > } > > > @Override > > public void onStatusChanged(String arg0, int arg1, Bundle arg2) > > { > > } > > > } > > > The log had the fact that it was removing the listener...but it > > doesn't seem to matter... > > > 12-05 00:20:46.008: DEBUG/LocationManager(1941): removeUpdates: > > listener = com.gpsbug.gpsbugactiv...@4348f94012-05 00:20:50.201: DEBUG/ > > LocationManagerService(70): CdmaPollingThread exiting > > > I'm still not sure if it's actually running theGPSor just flashing > > the icon, but either way it looks bad to the end user. > > > -Alex > > > On Dec 5, 12:04 am, Mark Wyszomierski <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Alex, have you tried a simple test of just registering, then > > > deregistering the listeners in an otherwise empty project? On my > > > G1/1.5, I don't get this behavior, theGPSicon goes away shortly > > > after a deregister. If it's a quirk on that device, that is worrisome. > > > In that case, many apps will burn out the user's battery? > > > > Mark > > > > On Dec 4, 11:57 pm, Alex <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I can confirm that an update interval of greater than 35 seconds > > > > causes theGPSstatus icon to blink on an Sprint HTC Hero (Firmware > > > > 1.56.651.2). It does not ever go away, it will blink all day long. > > > > You can run and exit Google Maps and it goes away. > > > > > So now I get to decide whether to have this "bug" or run my location > > > > listeners at a much faster rate than I normally would. > > > > > From the docs for requestLocationUpdates: > > > > Background services should be careful about setting a sufficiently > > > > high minTime so that the device doesn't consume too much power by > > > > keeping theGPSor wireless radios on all the time. In particular, > > > > values under 60000ms are not recommended. > > > > > -Alex > > > > > On Dec 2, 7:54 pm, Ken H <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > 1 minute seems long to me too, 5-10 sec is a good generic interval if > > > > > you just want it to turn off quicker. Also remember that theGPSneeds > > > > > a time *and* distance update interval. > > > > > > But my question is this, have you sat down and watched to see if the > > > > > little satellite dish disappears after a minute? My guess is it > > > > > should. Also remember your app is usually just suspended when you > > > > > first turn it off (so it can be booted up quicker). If android needs > > > > > the memory it will kill it. > > > > > > Ken > > > > > > On Dec 2, 11:24 am, Mark Wyszomierski <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I've been working with the location providers lately, I haven't seen > > > > > > this behavior. When I deregister my listeners, theGPSicon goes away, > > > > > > I haven't seen it stick around. > > > > > > > Even one minute intervals forGPSseems like a lot for me - I'm > > > > > > guessing users won't be able to move fast enough in one minute to > > > > > > make > > > > > > any real difference in location. All depends on the app though. > > > > > > > On Nov 19, 6:33 pm, jtoolsdev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm looking to a solution using the MyLocationOverlay library > > > > > > > where > > > > > > > one can use runOnFirstFix which can launch the thread (which I > > > > > > > already > > > > > > > have) when the current location is found. Once it is found I can > > > > > > > shut > > > > > > > down the location stuff as I only need it at the start of the > > > > > > > program. > > > > > > > > On Nov 19, 3:20 pm, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Nov 19, 12:09 pm, jtoolsdev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > The recommendation of > > > > > > > > > the SDK is for setting up the location listener is to set > > > > > > > > > time at > > > > > > > > > 60000ms or 1 minute. > > > > > > > > > Really? Does Google Maps follow that guideline? > > > > > > > > > > My tests show if you use that number when > > > > > > > > > exiting the app it may not shutdownGPS. > > > > > > > > > Sounds bad.I hope there is an answer for that. > > > > > > > > > Nathan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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