Careful with Airplane mode. On some devices that stupidly prevents GPS from getting a fix.
On Tuesday, March 6, 2012 8:49:49 PM UTC-5, RedBullet wrote: > > I am seeing some evidence that folks are able to use MyTracks to track a > long bike ride. So, I might do some testing with it to make sure that is > the case (recommendation is to turn off things you don't need, like wifi, > bluetooth, and switch to 2G are among the recommendations. Though Airplane > mode was also recommended). > > If that works out reasonably well, then I guess I can assume I shouldn't > worry so much about it? > > On Tuesday, March 6, 2012 7:42:34 PM UTC-5, Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > wrote: >> >> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 7:30 PM, RedBullet <> wrote: >> > OK, got it. So, if I am going to use GPS, are there any good strategies >> for >> > conserving power? Do the update intervals make any difference? Or is the >> > drain going to be the same because the radio is essentially on? >> >> In theory, a longer minTime may be used by Android to power down the >> GPS in between checks. In practice, I don't know how big of an effect >> it has. And, for any sort of navigation-type app, I'd be hesitant to >> make too many assumptions. For example, you're assuming a fairly slow >> cyclist speed, and there are some faster cyclists than that, but your >> app might be used by people riding Vespas, motorcycles, etc. >> >> -- >> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) >> http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy >> http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy >> >> Android Training in NYC: http://marakana.com/training/android/ >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
