Hi Jake, This part of the code isn't well documented, but from my experience, here is how it works.
minTime - notify me every X ms of an updated location. minDistance - notify me every X m of an updated location. So let's take an example. I request location updates every 1 hr and every 1km. So what happens? This means that the provider connection (gps radio or network) will be open until i get a reading that matches these criteria. So i'll at least get notified every hour (the timing isn't exact btw) or i'll get notified every 1km, whichever comes first. We see this happening when we're listening for GPS and the user is in their navigation app. So if the user is driving and receiving GPS as while we're registered, we'll get notified every 1KM since they are actively using the provider. If the provider is not actively in use, i think it'll initiate the check primarily using the minTime parameter. (This is just speculation on my part based upon what we've seen in our location-based apps, so take that with a grain of salt). This is definitely a great topic and requires a bit of experimentation to understand exactly how it works in theory and how it differs in practice on each of the device models. Hopefully someone from the Android team can shed some more light on this and to validate what i've said. Thanks -rish -- 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
