Re: [android-developers] Re: requestLocationUpdates ignore minTime parameter?

2012-04-05 Thread StarTraX
But then again, maybe not. Seems there's a bug that interferes with the way the requestLocationUpdates minTime parameter is implemented for a GPS. See Sean Barbeau's posts in this forum at https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/android-developers/eyctELxl9kc -- You received

[android-developers] Re: requestLocationUpdates ignore minTime parameter?

2012-02-25 Thread gjs
Hi, Ordinary GPS devices only provide updates at 1 second intervals Regards On Feb 24, 2:23 pm, StarTraX gpsanima...@gmail.com wrote: But doesn't that beg the question what the parameter is there for at all? My testing indicates that the value is entirely ignored and always uses around 1000

[android-developers] Re: requestLocationUpdates ignore minTime parameter?

2012-02-25 Thread lbendlin
Let's rephrase that as smartphone GPS chips generally are limited to 1 Hz in order to conserve battery. You use a 10Hz Bluetooth GPS receiver with your phone to measure your motorbike lap times... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers

[android-developers] Re: requestLocationUpdates ignore minTime parameter?

2012-02-25 Thread Alan Smith
Do you say that from experience ok from technical knowledge? I am looking for the specs on the gps in my samsung galaxy S11 On Feb 26, 2012 12:12 PM, lbendlin l...@bendlin.us wrote: Let's rephrase that as smartphone GPS chips generally are limited to 1 Hz in order to conserve battery. You use a

Re: [android-developers] Re: requestLocationUpdates ignore minTime parameter?

2012-02-25 Thread Kristopher Micinski
From the .requestLocationUpdates() documentation: minTime the minimum time interval for notifications, in milliseconds. This field is only used as a hint to conserve power, and actual time between location updates may be greater or lesser than this value. Mr. Murphy alerted me to this a while