Hi Julian.. As Matt said almost all phones come with a GPS receiver, but it can use cell-id based location access when you register to a server (with a specified port). This is AGPS. For this you need to have data connection on your phone..
Thanks & Regards, Deepak On Feb 27, 2:20 am, Gaunt Face <[email protected]> wrote: > Julian, this is really 2 questions. > > 1. The majority of phones that I am aware of have GPS built in, but it > isn't the case that all phones will have GPS, however I think if you > require access to fine_location in your AndroidManifest file, the app > will only be able to be installed on devices with in built GPS (I'm > not 100% sure on this but I think it might differentiate between > fine_location and coarse_location) > > 2. In your code you can define if it is acceptable to use the cell > tower location or not, if you require more precise GPS position you > can define a criteria which can be used to get the users position. > > Cheers, > Matt > > On Feb 26, 4:24 pm, Julian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Does each Android phone have a GPS installed inside it or does it use > > the location by accessing the cells where your phone is located? -- 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
