Great :) Thats what I've been searching for. So did you find a constant for 'satellites' ?
On 2 Okt., 06:12, Ludwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
