Actually I'm building from my own source tree and was calling updateManager. I was able to turn on the GPS successfully at the start of my activity....
Now the problem is that I want to restore the original state when my activity is paused. So I'm doing exactly the same thing in my onPause method, but the android throws on me a SecurityException about. The strange thing is that the same code works for turning on the GPS at application start, but fails with security exception at the end... I was hoping that there were better ways turn on/off the GPS, than calling internal API-s... :( Thanks for the answers.. Rudolf On márc. 10, 05:17, Edward Falk <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 9, 1:20 pm, Rudi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What is the correct way of turning ON/OFF the GPS in Android. I've > > found the System.Settings provider, and the LOCATION_PROVIDERS_ALLOWED > > setting, but it seems that the rest of the system is not notified > > I had the exact same question myself. Browsing the source code for > the settings application shows that it's calling > locationManager.updateProviders() to send the notification out. > > Unfortunately, this API isn't available unless you're building within > the Android source tree. > > Your options seem to be: > > 1) Ignore the problem. Things should still work, except for the > notifications. > > 2) Wait for Google to open up the updateProviders() api, then update > your code accordingly. > > 3) Use this code snippet fromhttp://habrahabr.ru/blogs/android/46356/: > > try { > Method m = > locationManager.getClass().getMethod("updateProviders", new > Class[] {}); > m.setAccessible(true); > m.invoke(locationManager, new Object[]{}); > } catch (Exception e) { > Log.e(TAG, "Couldn't call updateProviders", e); > } > > I can't vouch for #3. I'm sticking to #2 myself. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
