Hi, i am also facing the same problem with android 1.6, i am sending coordinate through telnet but LastKnownLocation is returning null, m using android 1.6 eclipse window vista, am i doing anything wrong in Java code, can please send me java code. is it require any changes in menifest except permission. i have tried with all permissions. Thanks
On Oct 24, 4:16 am, jotobjects <jotobje...@gmail.com> wrote: > Cool. It seems like the best thing is to do both. Call > getLastKnownLocation AND register a listener. LastKnownLocation can > be null as documented so you have to expect that. And it can be > completely wrong if the the phone has been moved (you get off an > airplane and turn on your phone). But you might not get any value for > a while from the listener (also as documented) so you have to expect > that also. Quote from docs - > > "It may take a while to receive the most recent location. If an > immediate location is required, applications may use the > getLastKnownLocation(String) method." > > You are right about telnet. I meant I'm runninggeofixON the > emulator after invoking telnet and the emulator itself is running > Linux - so that's wheregeofixruns in telnet (ALWAYS on Linux) even > if the O/S is windows or whatever. > > On Oct 23, 3:50 pm, Brian Conrad <brianjto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I solved the problem and have it working but not the way it originally > > worked. Originally in one's code you code set up the location manager > > and then call from it getLastKnownLocation and get the coordinates. > > These were what examples did when I first looked at GPS code. That was > > what got broken and was apparently unintentional. Instead I set up a > > location listener and nowgeofixworks and probably DDMS though I > > haven't tried that. My thinking is that most people were writing > > applications where they would want updates while running. Mine was just > > simple and needed the location at runtime or whenever the user wanted a > > recalculation. So I'll instead set up the listener though we still > > only care when the application runs or is recalculated. That change is > > easy to implement. > > > FYI, telnet also runs in the command line on Windows. It's not unique > > to Linux. > > > jotobjects wrote: > > > I just used Google Maps to "prove" thatgeofixworked and resulted in > > > the platform correctly knowing the location given bygeofix. You > > > might want to try that too to prove thatgeofixdoes or doesn't work > > > in an application other than your own code. That would be interesting > > > confirmation for you and is easy to do. > > > > When I telnet into the emulator console and rungeofixas shown I am > > > using Linux on the emulator of course. > > > > What problem has Android acknowledged regardinggeofix? What is the > > > bug number? > > > > On Oct 23, 12:44 pm, Brian Conrad <brianjto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Are you running on Windows or Linux? I'm running Ubuntu 8.04 and > > >> Eclipse. Android acknowledgedgeofixwas broken in the 1.5 SDK. I am > > >> usinggeofixto get the longitude and latitude only and not with Google > > >> Maps. Everything is set in the manifest correctly too. I have a 20% > > >> installed base which is about 600 users so I doubt if they would keep it > > >> around if it wasn't working. > > > >> I don't know anything about a rounding bug as I round anyway for use > > >> down to degrees and minutes. One would think that DDMS would work when > > >> I have the app recalculate after sending coordinates manually. > > > >> jotobjects wrote: > > > >>>geofixworks for me with both DDMS and the emulator console. Using > > >>> console this works - > > > >>> telenet localhost 5554 > > >>>geofix-117.24 32.883 > > > >>> This locates you in the University of California San Diego campus. I > > >>> tried this with DDMS manualgeofixand it works there also. My test > > >>> is using Google Maps "My Location" menu selection. What is not > > >>> working withgeofixfor you? > > > >>> Incidently I am now noticing that DDMS gives me the correct location. > > >>> But thegeofixcommand in the console exhibits the rounding problem > > >>> Auguste Lunang pointed to that is a couple of hundred feet off (which > > >>> is a problem for testing that depends on more accuracy). Do you know > > >>> if there is a bug filed for the rounding problem? > > > >>> On Oct 22, 5:06 pm, Brian Conrad <brianjto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>>> There is a bug filed forgeofix(not by me but by people who found it > > >>>> earlier). I haven't filed one for DDMS until I'm sure I grok how it > > >>>> works as information still is very sketchy about this stuff and docs > > >>>> rather terse. > > > >>>> My app calls getLastKnownLocation when it runs once. It will call it > > >>>> again if the user selects Recalc. Now under 1.1 when first run the > > >>>> emulator it would return what was set withgeofixor a default which I > > >>>> believe was Google's coordinates. The DDMS method seems is something > > >>>> one would use to emulate location updates. With 1.5 and 1.6 when my > > >>>> app runs it gets a null back from getLastKnownLocation on the > > >>>> emulator. So then I have DDMS send the coordinates to the emulator > > >>>> (as > > >>>> instructed via the Dev Guide) then select Recalc I would think it would > > >>>> have the new coordinates but it doesn't and just uses some fixed > > >>>> coordinates for demo purposes. Apparently this app is working normally > > >>>> on phones I would just like to have it working on the emulator so I > > >>>> could add and test similar functionality in other apps. > > > >>>> jotobjects wrote: > > > >>>>> Has there been a bug filed? > > > >>>>> On Oct 22, 2:11 pm, Brian Conrad <brianjto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>>>>> Thanks. Yes, I know it's been a known issue because I've inquired a > > >>>>>> number of times after each update if it's been fixed. The link you > > >>>>>> posted goes back to 2008 but it was working fine in 1.1 last spring. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> It's not working with DDMS either. I'll play around with it some > > >>>>>> more > > >>>>>> to try to figure out why it is not working. > > > >>>>>> Brian > > > >>>>>> Auguste Lunang wrote: > > > >>>>>>> Hi,This is a know issue. One of the discussions you can find here: > > >>>>>>>http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners/browse_thread/thread... > > >>>>>>> . > > >>>>>>> Try to use DDMS tofixyour GPS coordinates. > > > >>>>>>> Hope it helps.. > > >>>>>>> Auguste > > > >>>>>>> 2009/10/22 Brian Conrad <brianjto...@gmail.com> > > > >>>>>>>> I've tried thegeofixcommand to set coordinates for a program I > > >>>>>>>> wrote > > >>>>>>>> that provides the GPS coordinates. This program worked fine in > > >>>>>>>> 1.1. > > >>>>>>>> But thegeofixcommand got broken in 1.5 and appears to still have > > >>>>>>>> not > > >>>>>>>> been fixed in 1.6? When will it be fixed? > > > >>>>>>>> Brian Conrad > > >>>>>>>> JyotishTools.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
