The onStatusChanged() method for the LocationListener interface has a Bundle as a third parameter. From the LocationManager documentation:
"The extras Bundle for the GPS location provider can contain the following key/value pairs: - satellites - the number of satellites used to derive the fix" That is AFAIK the only hook into more details from the GPS receiver, which is not much and for any real purposes pretty useless. And it is optional, so you cannot rely on it. Furthermore, I have no idea on how to get the Emulator provide any information of this sort. Pushing in a GPX file with DDMS gives me two calls to onStatusChanged: one at the beginning when no GPS information is available (the flag tells me that the GPS is temporarily unavailable), then when I start playing the GPX file it tells me it is available. But there is nothing in the bundle. The GPX file does not contain such information so I am not surprised. Maybe Google can tell us if there is a way to get satellite information to show in the Emulator. I can only say that the nicest thing to have on a physical device will be some access to the NMEA messages as only information of that detail can give a real idea of accuracy. (Just in case some GPS manufacturers are listening: build an Android enabled device, make NMEA message available over some Listener interface and hundreds of Android programmers will write all the software for you.) Ludwig 2008/10/1 Nikkelitous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The best thing I can see is getAccuracy() in > android.location.Location. It unfortunately doesn't return how many > GPS satellites it's seeing but is a more abstract result gathered from > all details of the connections. This, I assume would include the > number of satellites their strength and other details. But unless > theres a hidden API I don't think we can really get that data just > yet. I'd say file it as a feature request but for most purposes > getAccuracy() should be sufficient. If you're looking for specific > number for something else, why don't you post it and we'll brainstorm > and try to figure out a way to do what you want. > > On Sep 28, 10:56 pm, plusminus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey guys, > > > > is there any possibility to get the Strength/Reliability/Quality of > > the current GPS-signal ? > > i.e. the number of satellites the gps-receiver is 'seeing' ? > > > > Best Regards, > > plusminus > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
