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That should be easy enough. However, the docs suggest a minimum of 60000 for the
updates (which is why I changed it).
Original comment by damonkoh...@gmail.com
on 26 Jul 2009 at 8:13
Yeah, I read that too, but that change has stopped me from updating to 0.10-2
as I
only get a fresh result every minute (which is too slow for me). It should be
left by
default at 60000, 30, but an option to change would be fantastic and offer a
huge
level of flexibility. Thanks for accepting
Original comment by thomasknowles
on 26 Jul 2009 at 8:35
Original comment by damonkoh...@gmail.com
on 10 Sep 2009 at 1:23
I would also like to be able to get updated locations more frequently.
The recommendations (according to the link posted earlier here) read:
"Background services should be careful about setting a sufficiently high
minTime so
that the device doesn't consume too much power by keeping the GPS or wireless
radios
on all the time. In particular, values under 60000ms are not recommended. "
I wouldn't consider andriod scripting to be a "background service".
Also this is only a recommendation to save power. There are plenty of other
ways
using android scripting to consume lots of power.
Can you please reduce the length, or make it programmable?
Original comment by Michael....@gmail.com
on 11 Oct 2009 at 6:29
@Michael.Neuling It is already programmable. Have a look at the API here:
http://code.google.com/p/android-
scripting/source/browse/android/AndroidScriptingEnvironment/src/com/google/ase/A
ndroid
Proxy.java#157
Original comment by damonkoh...@gmail.com
on 11 Oct 2009 at 9:05
would it be possible to show a working example in code?
Original comment by merlspi...@gmail.com
on 11 Oct 2009 at 4:19
Just do :
startLocating('fine', update_time, update_distance)
Original comment by jcabil...@gmail.com
on 11 Oct 2009 at 4:24
@damonkohler thanks.
Using startLocating('fine', 1000, 1) I only ever get network locations (unless I
explicitly turn off network locating in my system settings). Is there someone
to get
GPS locations without having to turn off network locating?
Original comment by Michael....@gmail.com
on 12 Oct 2009 at 10:01
@Michael.Neuling Android figures out how to get the best position
automatically. There
isn't currently a toggle for network locating in the ASE API. Otherwise, you
could use
that to force purely GPS updates. Make sure you don't have a typo when you
specify
'fine'. If you do, it will default to 'coarse'.
Original comment by damonkoh...@gmail.com
on 20 Oct 2009 at 2:22
@damonkohler If I have a fully charge battery, under what conditions would you
expect
it to start using the GPS instead of the network? If I was driving at around
60kph
for 5 min, would it likely switch to GPS?
Also, can you explain why being about to "force purely GPS updates" is a bad
thing?
In fact, this is what the native Google Maps application seems to do. As soon
as I
start it, it forces the GPS on.
PS. no typo, although if ASE provided some error checking, that might be nice
:-)
Original comment by Michael....@gmail.com
on 25 Oct 2009 at 8:58
I can help with this a bit I think. The locating service will provide you with
the
result that it can get the fastest, unless one of two things has happened. If
you
have restricted the location information to either the GPS or the network, you
will
get that result. This also applies if for some reason one or the other service
is
unavailable, you will get the remaining service if it can provide a location.
(not a
given.) The alternative is if you specify 'fine' or 'course' resolution, the
location
service will give you a GPS location or Network location if that is available.
So if you are driving at 10 miles per hour on a winding road where there is no
cell
phone network, and you have enabled both location systems, you will get a gps
location. For areas where a network location is available, it is almost always
faster
to get that than a gps location, so you will usually get that. If you specify
'fine'
it will make a best effort to get a gps location, which may not be possible. In
that
case it will give you the best location it can, which will be the network
location.
Does that help?
Original comment by rusty0...@gmail.com
on 25 Oct 2009 at 9:28
> If you specify 'fine' it will make a best effort to get a gps location, which
may
not be possible.
This statement would suggest if I use 'fine' and stand out in the open (even
with
cell towers in range) it should try to use GPS? Correct? I don't find this to
be
the case.
FYI I'm using an HTC Magic (1.5 firmware) and the ase_r13.apk release.
Original comment by Michael....@gmail.com
on 25 Oct 2009 at 10:34
The current implementation attempts to get the best provider, as rusty said.
The best
provider may not be GPS for some reason. It is possible to specifically get GPS
results. Please feel free to file a feature request for this.
Original comment by damonkoh...@gmail.com
on 31 Oct 2009 at 8:30
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
thomasknowles
on 25 Jul 2009 at 4:53