Hi This issue has been discussed many times here and in others sites but I havent found a solution. I ve a backgroud service detecting location changes using the provider NETWORK_PROVIDER. If a set the parameters minDistance and minTime to zero then I get changes each few seconds althought many time times the position is the same. This way will drain the battery. If a set other values, lets say, distance to 10 meters and time o 60000 it works when the screen is on. But when the screen is OFF the application doesnt receive updates until the user wakes up the device. So I ve added and alarm to wake the device each 5 minutes and requestSingleUpdate to refresh the location and I use a partial_wake_lock to ensure the callback is called before the device go to sleep but the position is always the same even if a am driving. The only solution is to use this flags before requesting the new position PowerManager.SCREEN_DIM_WAKE_LOCK | PowerManager.ACQUIRE_CAUSES_WAKEUP. In this way the service receive the correct location but the user wont accept a program that transform his device in a lantern. I ve tried to turn off the screen when the new location is received using the hidden api to Power.setScreenState but I dont like it.
So......is there any official, elegant way to get location updates in a background service without draining the battery, without playing with the screen state and without using hidden api? Thanks -- 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
