Will you please provide any running example?
On Oct 2, 7:34 pm, Ludwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The getLastKnownLocation() only returns in my experience valid locations if
> there is elsewhere something that has subscribed to location updates, with
> something like this:
>
> public void subscribeToLocationUpdates() {
> this.lm =
> (LocationManager)getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
> this.lm.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 0, 0, this);
> }
>
> The 'this' here is a class that also implements the LocationListener
> interface.
>
> I know this somehow does not make sense, but that is how I worked around
> just getting nulls back.
>
> HTH
>
> Ludwig
>
> 2008/10/2 danielbr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
>
> > Has anyone been successful in getting coordinates via the code below?
> > I'm always getting null for the location, even after putting some fake
> > coordinates via the DDMS controls.
>
> > Daniel.
>
> > On Sep 29, 12:55 pm, zl25drexel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > for those who are looking for solutions for this same question, here's
> > > what I have, seems to work well with
>
> > > > > For telnet: telnet localhost 5554
>
> > > > > > geo fix <lat> <lon>
>
> > > this.locationManager = (LocationManager)
> > > getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
> > > LocationmyLocation =
> > > locationManager.getLastKnownLocation("gps");
> > > if(myLocation == null){
> > > Log.e("mylocation", "failed to determinemylocation");
> > > }else{
> > > Log.i("mylocation", myLocation.toString());
> > > }
>
> > > On Sep 29, 12:28 pm, zl25drexel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > Guillaume,
>
> > > > I understand that i need to mock the thecurrentlocationin the
> > > > emulator, butmyquestion is what api calls do i make to get the lat/
> > > > lon that i put in DDMS. I cannot find any documentations related to
> > > > that in android's documentation.
>
> > > > On Sep 28, 4:53 am, Guillaume Perrot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > And you have to manually simulate yourlocationusing telnet or DDMS
> > > > > controls in Eclipse (the latter only works if your OS is in english
> > > > > locale).
> > > > > For telnet: telnet localhost 5554
>
> > > > > > geo fix 2 40
>
> > > > > On 28 sep, 04:05, Mark Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > >zl25drexelwrote:
> > > > > > > Hi, sorry i am sure this had been asked before, how do i find
> > outmy
> > > > > > >currentlat/lon using thelocationAPI?
>
> > > > > > You can't, per se.
>
> > > > > > You can call getLastKnownLocation() to return, well, the last known
> > > > > >location, but that may be null (if there have been no locations
> > recorded
> > > > > > for the requestedlocationprovider) or stale (if thelocationprovider
> > > > > > has been out of service for a while).
>
> > > > > > Or, call requestLocationUpdates() and take action when you get new
> > > > > > position fixes from thelocationprovider.
>
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com
> > > > > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 1.2
> > Published!
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