On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Danny Schimke <[email protected]
> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a Service that will run in Background even if the application is
> closed. I started the service and I can see it in the "running services"
> section under application settings. I am using "*geo fix*" to tell the
> emulator location changes. Every time I change the location there is an "OK"
> e.g.: geo fix -37.0625 95.67706*OK *but onLocationChanged() is never
> called. The same if I tried using DDMS view in eclipse to update location. I
> checked the system location preferences and network location is enabled (I
> only need network application changes, no GPS). Permissions are set in
> AndroidManifest.xml.
>
> I can not figure out why it does not work... here is some code:
>
> public class MyService extends Service {
>
> private static final String TAG = "MyService";
> private LocationManager locationMgr;
> private LocationListener locListener;
>
> // This method is called
> @Override
> public void onCreate() {
> super.onCreate();
> Log.d(TAG, "onCreate");
> locationMgr = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
> locListener = new LocationListener() {
> // ...
> // other methods here
> // ...
> @Override
> public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
> // never called
> Log.d(TAG, "onLocationChanged");
> // some code here...
> }
> };
> locationMgr.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER, 0, 0,
> locListener);
> }
>
> // This method is called
> @Override
> public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {
> super.onStart(intent, startId);
> Log.d(TAG, "onStart");
> Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Service started successfully.
> Listening in Background for location changes.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
> }
>
> I started the service from an activity:
>
> serviceIntent = new Intent(this, MyService.class);
> ...
> startService(serviceIntent);
>
> Does anybody knows why it does not work? Hope someone can help.
> Thank you very much in advance!
>
> -Danny Schimke
>
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