According to the docs, all These constrains, but for cost, are supposed
to be relaxed until it can find a provider.  Because, otherwise, how can
I make sure it only uses network even if gps is available?

>>>>> "i" == ip  <ip332> writes:

   i> Because there is no provider to match your criteria.  Most likely
   i> because both providers don't have "POWER_LOW".  You can figure out
   i> the exact answer by removing Power constrain from the criteria and
   i> checking the output.

   i> On Mar 3, 8:40 am, Jake Colman <[email protected]> wrote:
   >> I am using the following code to get a list of all available providers,
   >> so I can see what's out there, and to select the best provider based on
   >> my criteria.  Why would this code return a list of "[network gps]" for
   >> all providers but still return null for best provider?
   >> 
   >>   List<String> all = locationManager.getAllProviders();
   >>   logger.verbose( TAG, "All available location providers: " +
   >> all.toString() );
   >> 
   >>   Criteria criteria = new Criteria();
   >>   criteria.setAccuracy( Criteria.ACCURACY_COARSE);
   >>   criteria.setAltitudeRequired( false );
   >>   criteria.setBearingRequired( false );
   >>   criteria.setCostAllowed( true );
   >>   criteria.setPowerRequirement( Criteria.POWER_LOW);
   >> 
   >>   String provider = locationManager.getBestProvider( criteria, true);
   >>   logger.verbose( TAG, "Best location provider: " + provider );
   >> 
   >> I am getting this behavior on the emulator but I suspect that this may
   >> be the root cause of an issue seen by one of my users.
   >> 
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