Ah, thanks for the information! I did manage to get it working, but the only way I could get it to compile properly was by initializing the manager variable outside of the onCreate program with a simple "LocationManager manager;" making the later call simply "manager = (LocationManager) ... "prior to the function start. It does work fine now, though, as long as that line is in the code.
On May 21, 4:11 pm, Mike Hearn <[email protected]> wrote: > Activity inherits from Context, so you don't need to specify a context > specifically anywhere. Eclipse will tell you the exact error if you > hover over the line, or use the window at the bottom. > > Does that not work? > > LocationManager manager = (LocationManager) getSystemService > (LOCATION_SERVICE); > String provider = manager.getBestProvider(new Criteria(), true); > Location location = manager.getLastKnownLocation(provider); > return location; > > On May 21, 5:55 pm, Phil <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sorry if this is a stupid question- I'm still pretty new to Android > > and have been completely unable to figure this out after much google > > searching and hunting around in the documentation. *Note: I've been > > coding in Eclipse with the Android SDK plugins, using the Google APIs > > 1.5 version. > > > I'm working on a project involving accessing the GPS, so I'm writing a > > simple program that will do nothing more than access the current > > location in order to familiarize myself with the GPS code. > > > Based on the examples I have found, I came up with the following code. > > > package com.example.gps; > > > import android.app.Activity; > > import android.content.Context; > > import android.os.Bundle; > > import android.widget.Toast; > > import android.location.Location; > > import android.location.LocationManager; > > import android.location.Criteria; > > > public class HelloGps extends Activity { > > /** Called when the activity is first created. */ > > @Override > > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { > > super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); > > setContentView(R.layout.main); > > Context context = getContext(); > > > Location location = getLocation(context); > > > Toast.makeText(this, "Location = " + location.getLatitude() > > + " , " > > + location.getLongitude(), 0); > > } > > > public static Location getLocation(Context context) > > { > > LocationManager manager = (LocationManager) > > context.getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE); > > String provider = manager.getBestProvider(new Criteria(), > > true); > > Location location = manager.getLastKnownLocation(provider); > > return location; > > } > > > } > > > The issue I am having deals with the "Context context = getContext()" > > line. Eclipse tells me that this is an error (but not why). It simply > > tells me I should change it to getBaseContext(). If I try this, then > > the program hangs. If I try removing it and running the getLocation() > > function without the context thrown in there at all, as I have seen in > > some other examples, then I get a similar error on the getSystemService > > () function call. Eclipse tells me I should rename it, but does not > > tell me why or what to. > > > Any help at all would be incredible, and sorry again if this is a > > stupid question. Thanks! > > > -Phil --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
