Thanks Paul, It turns out the problem was to do with the MyLocationOverlay which request its own GPS updates if enabled. I just needed to explicitly disable it when the mapview detached from the window. I spent ages trying to debug code that was perfectly ok! ah well lesson learned.
On Nov 4, 11:44 am, Paulo Morandi <psmora...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Chirag, > > As far as I know you can't turn on/offtheGPS, the only thing you can > do is stop requesting the location (as you already did). To turn > on/offtheGPSyour application must be an "System Application". So this > behavior is expected. When theGPSicon stop flashing, it means that > no other app is requesting the "fine" location. > > For your second doubt, I would recommend you to read this: "http:// > developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals.html#lcycles" > > On Nov 3, 4:25 pm, Chirag Patel <chi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the response but it didn't help. Calling > > locationManager.removeUpdates(this); causes theGPSicon to stop > > flashing so it does have some affect but it doesn't remove/stop it > > completely. When I put the application in the background and I leave > > it, I can see it's using up the cpu and battery due to theGPSbeing > > active. There are no other threads running in the app. This is very > > frustrating! Another problem which might be somehow related is that > > calling finish() on my Activity doesn't close it. If intercept the > > back button and call finish() the app goes into the background but the > > activity remains alive i.e when I go back to it, it doesn't start a > > new instance just resumes the old one. Any help on this would be much > > appreciated.. Thanks! > > > On Nov 2, 10:45 pm, Streets Of Boston <flyingdutc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 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 <chi...@gmail.com> 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 theGPSicon 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
