GPS support for Android apps? [duplicate]

answered 2013-12-28 18:01:28 +0300

stezz
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One thing you can try is to start (native) Maps first, wait to get a fix there and see what happens inside the Android app. All the apps I tried to use have worked this way (though I have not tried so many)

answered 2013-12-28 17:20:48 +0300

ortylp
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OSMAND and Skobbler (both maps/navigation) do work with GPS, but I have at least one Android app, that is infinitely long waiting for GPS fix.

So I would say, it works, but not for all apps. We need to discover when/why some apps do not get GPS data.

answered 2013-12-28 17:38:48 +0300

Xowap
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Well, all applications that I've used that need location did work correctly (Facebook, Google+, Tinder, Foursquare, and maybe others).

However, in the case of Foursquare, I get a red flag saying that I should turn on all location settings.

My guess is that the GPS support is enabled, but the apps cannot have a fine-grained control of it, and most of all, they think it's a poor-quality location info, even when the GPS has correctly fixed.

Thus, if some application expects the "maximum" location info, it might wait forever.

Another explanation based on the Android API would be that some application use a GpsStatus Listener instead of just using a LocationListener, but only the Location events are forwarded, instead of the Gps events.

answered 2013-12-28 17:43:07 +0300

hzb
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There is already a question concerning this matter: https://together.jolla.com/question/4606/bug-information-about-gps-satellites-not-put-through-to-dalvik/