I write a program with gps, code is below, but when i run it on emulator, it ocurrs the error: the program stop unexpectly, i have no idea with it ,so someone can help me?
code:

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import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.location.LocationManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class AndroidLBS extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
       
        final Button gpsButton =(Button)findViewById(R.id.gpsButton);
        gpsButton.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

         @Override
         public void onClick(View v) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            LoadCoords();
         }

         private void LoadCoords() {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            TextView latText = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.latText);
            TextView lngText = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.lngText);
            LocationManager myManager = (LocationManager)getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
            Double latPoint = myManager.getLastKnownLocation("gps").getLatitude();
            Double lngPoint = myManager.getLastKnownLocation("gps").getLongitude();
            latText.setText(latPoint.toString());
            lngText.setText(lngPoint.toString());
         }
           
        });
    }
}


mainfest.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="com.myhrvod.app.gpsdemo"
      android:versionCode="1"
      android:versionName="1.0.0">
    <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
        <activity android:name=".AndroidLBS"
                  android:label="@string/app_name">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION">
    </uses-permission>
</manifest>


main.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    >
   <Button
      android:id="@+id/gpsButton"
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:text="Where Am I"
      />
   
   <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      >
      <TextView
         android:id="@+id/latLabel"
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:text="Latitude: "
         />
      <TextView
         android:id="@+id/latText"
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         />
   </LinearLayout>
   
   <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      >
      <TextView
         android:id="@+id/lngLabel"
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:text="Longitude: "
         />
      <TextView
         android:id="@+id/lngText"
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         />
   </LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>


It probably crashes here:
The emulator doesn't have a GPS, so Android throws an exception which you don't catch.

Why didn't you look in your Log, so you know where the problem occured?

Hi,

Just to continue with this question. I had a similar problem when I ported my code from m3 to 1.0. I realized that gps was missing, but when I used the file explorer, I could see the gps provider in /data/location/gps.

Is it true that there is no built-in mock location provider in the current emulator like the one we had in the earlier sdks. If the answer is no, then even I am struggling to use this built-in location provider.

Thanks
naren

Were u able to solve your GPS problem?

If not, u can follow these steps to create mock GPS data in version 1.0 :

1. create a KML file containing the sequence of latitude-longitude coordinate pairs you want to traverse
(I used the "placemarks" tool in Google Earth to generate these). Your final KML file should have the following structure:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.2">
<Document>
<Placemark>
<name>Pos1</name>
<description>pos1</description>
<LookAt>
<longitude>-119.6569643269722</longitude>
<latitude>35.04470539956493</latitude>
<altitude>0</altitude>
<range>274067.8989160916</range>
<tilt>0</tilt>
<heading>-16.37747875059806</heading>
<altitudeMode>relativeToGround</altitudeMode>
</LookAt>
<styleUrl>#msn_ylw-pushpin</styleUrl>
<Point>
<coordinates>-122.1387361111111,37.46384722222223,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
<Placemark>
. . .
. . .
</Placemark>
:
:
:
</Document>
</kml>

and you can stack as many <Placemark> xml nodes as you like(one per coordinate pair)

2. Start the emulator and upload your KML file using the "LoadKML" button under the "KML" tab of the "Emulator Control" perspective (in Eclipse)

3. Press the 'start' arrow and your GPS motion sequence should begin

And as MrSnowflake correctly indicated, you'll need to wrap your getLastKnown().get* method calls in a try-catch block to accomodate null Location objects, then redirect your initial coordinates to some defaults.
I migrated from m5 to 1.0 and had to do some serious rewiring of my old code in order to get my apps to work with 1.0 .

naren.chainani wrote:Hi,

Just to continue with this question. I had a similar problem when I ported my code from m3 to 1.0. I realized that gps was missing, but when I used the file explorer, I could see the gps provider in /data/location/gps.

Is it true that there is no built-in mock location provider in the current emulator like the one we had in the earlier sdks. If the answer is no, then even I am struggling to use this built-in location provider.

Thanks
naren

hi.. please visit the following site and select wireless tutorial

Simple GPS Application Site

in this site, they are given how to write an gps application step by step..

Thanks & Regards,
Bose.C

hi Bose.c

wen i run the code given int the tutorial......nothing is getting displayed.....i using 1.5 r2 version.....please gv sme suggestions...

thanks in advance.....

reagrds