First time location update

Viewed 26k times. Background I am writing an Android app whose main function is tracking the user's location and making an alert when the user gets near some point. Source code Here is the source code for myRunnable, whose run method I manually call regularly with handler.

Any help will be very much appreciated! What type of provider are you using? I don't see it in the code. I get updates about every 45 sec for the network provider. Frohnzie I am using the network provider because my phone on which I am testing the app always has a hard time getting a gps fix.

To be clear the source code included in this question is my current source code, which is hopefully a temporary workaround. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. You are completely right, the minimum time 45 seconds is harcoded in Android. I noticed this line suspiciously frequent 33 times a second in logcat when Google Maps is open: Thanks for this very thorough answer.

I found out that it is somewhat possible to control and bring down the intervals between updates by calling removeUpdates..

You are not using Google Geolocation API directly, but I suppose it is a front end to a core part shared with android network location. Keep in mind that if you could "hack" the system to dynamically set cell towers and wifi access points info you could use the phone as a Geolocation API server I have experienced a couple of times that a new location was delayed due to this, so I guess I will just have to warn my users about this issue.

I posted the question in android-platform google group, I hope someone from Android posts an answer groups. Let's hope they do! It surely is strange that, apparently, there is no documentation on this limitation whatsoever.

Show 4 more comments. Frohnzie Frohnzie 3, 1 1 gold badge 19 19 silver badges 24 24 bronze badges. That sounds like it could be what I am experiencing. But in Google Maps, my network location changes all the time wifi. Do Google just bypass this limit? Do you know if it is possible for someone who is not Google? I don't know about wifi update times.

By network I mean cellular networks. Google maps likely uses all 3 location providers and chooses the best available position.

Well I guess there is no point in me trying anymore. Thanks for your answer, at least it will save me a lot of time trying to do the impossible. Submit a Tip All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published. You Might Also Like How to. How to. About This Article.

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