>>>>> "n" == nathanForbes  <[email protected]> writes:

   n> On 03/11/2011 02:36 PM, Jake Colman wrote:

   >> If request location updates using GPS, I see the locating beacon
   >> (the thingie that looks like it is shooting rays ito the sky) on
   >> my status bar.  I assume that the icon indicates that the phone is
   >> actively trying to determine a location - which means that it is
   >> chewing up the battery.  When onLocationChanged triggers, I get
   >> the new location and cancel my listener.  If I understand
   >> correctly, that should shut everything down.  So why is the beacon
   >> still showing on the status bar?  Is there something else I am
   >> supposed to do?  Or is this a bug in the emulator?
   >> 
   n> That icon is just the GPS icon.  Turn off the GPS on the
   n> emulator/device to make the icon go away.

That icon only shows up when I request location updates.  If the GPS is
on but not getting updates, I don't see the icon.  Am I letting
something that's nothing bother me?

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Jake Colman -- Android Tinkerer

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