For other's benefit, this is the article I was looking for: https://developer.android.com/training/articles/wear-location-detection.html#Request Some wearable devices include a GPS sensor that can retrieve location data without another tethered device. However, when you request location data in a wearable app, you don't have to worry about where the location data originates; the system retrieves the location updates using the most power-efficient method.
Looks like the answer is yes. Nathan On Monday, October 20, 2014 10:39:34 AM UTC-7, Nathan wrote: > > This is probably a simple If Android Wear needs a location, one way to do it > is to contact the mobile app counterpart and request a location and send it > back to the wear device. > > But I was wondering, could one use GoogleApiClient on the wear device and > request the location? I assume it would make the same round trip, if > necessary, but might have the data already. > > In other words, could I get the location via connecting a location client and > calling this method? > > Location getLastLocation (GoogleApiClient > <https://developer.android.com/reference/com/google/android/gms/common/api/GoogleApiClient.html> > client) > > > Or am I oversimplifying it? > > > Nathan > > -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
