Update: Google hasn't bothered to fix this open issue from April: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2545
The workaround may be found in Comment 38. --Ben On Sep 16, 12:34 am, BJP <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm having a problem where I am able to update the location in the > Android Emulator from the Eclipse DDMS exactly once per time an > activity is loaded, but no more. > > I discovered the problem in my application where Activity2 (which > accesses the GPS) is started by Activity1 (which doesn't do anything > particularly interesting); when Activity2 is started, I can update the > GPS position using the Manual input in Location Controls in the DDMS > and everything works fine. However, then I get a LogCat message > "TTFF: XXXX" where XXXX is an apparently random number, and then the > GPS will no longer update. However, if I click the Back button in the > emulator to return to Activity1, and then use Activity1 to restart > Activity2, I can enter a new GPS location. But, I can't enter a > second one; tries to do so result in no apparent action. My > application works perfectly well on a real device with a real GPS > signal. > > To test things further, I closed and reopened the emulator, > immediately closed my application (from Activity1, which doesn't do > anything besides load an XML layout and attach an onClick listener to > a button), and loaded Google Maps. I observed the same behavior here; > I could send one position that Google Maps would respond to, but any > subsequent attempts to update position fail. When I close Google Maps > and reopen it, I am able to send exactly one more location update from > DDMS. > > The distance between my subsequent location updates is usually 0.02 > degrees, but I have tried it with up to 5 degrees also. My > application does not use ACCESS_MOCK_LOCATION because I want to switch > back and forth between testing on a physical device and testing on the > emulator without having to update the manifest for each build, plus it > seems like setting a permission for my application shouldn't have > anything to do with Google Maps on the emulator. > > Any ideas? I would try loading up a GPX path, but the DDMS seems > broken there > too:http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa... > > Thanks, > Ben --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
