Get the LocationManager in onCreate(). Store this in an instance- variable. Request location updates in onResume(), using the instance-variable. Remove location updates in onPause(), using the instance-variable.
On Nov 2, 2:10 pm, Chirag Patel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi I'm having a problem when trying to stop location updates when the > app goes into the background. In my onCreate() method I start request > updates like this: > > LocationManager locationManager = > (LocationManager)context.getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE); > > > locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, > LOCATION_UPDATE_INTERVAL, LOCATION_UPDATE_DISTANCE, this); > > locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER, > LOCATION_UPDATE_INTERVAL, LOCATION_UPDATE_DISTANCE, this); > > Then in my onPause() and onDestroy() methods I request to stop the > updates like this: > > LocationManager locationManager = > (LocationManager)context.getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE); > locationManager.removeUpdates(this); > > However the GPS icon remains in the status bar and the only way to get > rid of it is to manually kill the application. Am I doing anything > wrong? > > Cheers -- 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
