http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2021176/how-can-i-check-the-current-status-of-the-gps-receiver
Maybe it's stupid to point you at that, because you've probably already seen it? If nobody has a good answer for this (I suspect somebody does, though I don't know) it probably wouldn't too hard to dig through the system and see how it's happening (the blinking / solid thing). It looks like this isn't a standard intent. It isn't documented, it looks like it's declared as GPS_FIX_CHANGE_ACTION, but using undocumented API features is a "bad idea." Kris P.s., off the top of my head, would it be possible to register a passive listener, and listen for locations from that? On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 6:31 PM, gotok <[email protected]> wrote: > I am trying to detect when a GPS fix is made (i.e. when the gps icon > changes from blinking to solid) and when it is lost (i.e. when the gps > icon changes from solid to blinking). The system obviously knows when > these changes occur. I have tried using a broadcast receiver to catch > the intent: > > IntentFilter filter = new > IntentFilter("android.location.GPS_FIX_CHANGE"); > > But I have not been able to get it to work. The intent seems to get > fired on GPS fix changes, but I > don't know how to determine if the intent means that the fix is good > or bad or something else. Is > this a legitimate intent (I found from a web search) for this purpose? > If not, what is the best way of detecting GPS Fix changes? > > thanks... > > -- > 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 -- 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
