On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 6:23 AM, Shruthi Varma <[email protected]> wrote: > In my application, I need to toggle on the GPS programatically.
If by "toggle on" you mean "enable", this is not allowed, for obvious privacy reasons. > This question was asked many times, and the answer is in Android, you > can programmatically turn the Wifi on or off, but not the GPS. Correct. > But many market applications can turn the GPS on or off programatically. They exploit security holes in the OS. Those holes have been closed in newer versions of Android. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in Oslo: http://bit.ly/fjBo24 -- 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
