This is what I don't understand. The issue right now is that applications are automatically turning GPS on, causing battery life to go down. Or at least give that perception. Probably because those applications turning it on w/out letting the user know are leaving the program in the background accessing GPS coordinates the whole time.
So now the solution for the problem of applications continuing to request GPS coordinates, is to disable them from automatically turning GPS on. The issue is that if a user turns GPS on, the battery will go down for those same applciations just as before. The issue boils down to requesting updates every 1 second in the background, not really enabling / disabling GPS. Because as you said, Enabling GPS is what you want the user to be able to do, and keep it enabled. So I am just confused how you solve a problem of some programs automatically turning on GPS, and running the battery down by telling the user to leave GPS enabled 100% of the time. -- Going to read blog post on brightness. On Apr 29, 10:25 am, Mike Hearn <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 28, 11:26 pm, weaselgrater <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am the developer of SMS Commander, and getting a GPS location > > remotely is going to become impossible now. > > No, it's not. Just tell users to leave the GPS setting checked. As > mentioned before, it does not mean GPS is always active, just that > when an app asks for location it gets one using GPS. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
