Yes, you'll need to register a LocationListener with the
LocationManager
On Jul 8, 10:01 am, Georgios Galyfos <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if it is possible to start the gps receiver on the phone if
> the current activity is not a mapactivity. I am displaying a listview and
> when I start the gps I get the last location found correctly, however the
> gps indicator never appears on top of the phone's display even if I wait or
> restart this activity. The location of the gps stays the some.
> The gps indicator appears on top only if I enter an activity where a mapview
> is displayed. If I wait in the map activity for a little while then If I go
> back to my other activity and request the location there, then the location
> is updated with the last value that it had before exiting the map view. It
> never gets updated If I move around after that, though..
>
> Please let me know first of all if this is possible, I will provide a
> snippet of code later for people here to tell me if I am doing something
> wrong.
>
> Also, is it possible to somehow be notified with a callback as soon as the
> location is updated?
>
> Thank you in advance!!
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