Location API - locationUpdated() called only once

[grbrg]

Hi all,

I' currently playing around with the location API on my N95. I tried to get the location by using LocationProvider.getLocation(), which works fine. However, without changing the settings for the MIDlet it asks the user's permission everytime, which I'd rather avoid.

I tried to use the callback method (setLocationListener and locationUpdated), but locationUpdated() is only called once on my phone. On the emulator it works fine.

Here's the code:

public void locationUpdated(LocationProvider lp, Location loc)
	{
		try
		{
			Coordinates coords = loc.getQualifiedCoordinates();
			if (coords != null)
			{
				double x = coords.getLongitude();
				double y = coords.getLatitude();

				// Start thread for handling the new coordinates
                                // (...)
			}
			else
			{
				// reset the local coordinates
                                // (...)
			}
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			// handle the exception
                        // (...)
		}
	}

What could be the reason for it? I'm catching every exception in locationUpdated() and the only things I'm doing in there is to read out the coordinates and start a thread to handle them. Anything I missed?

Any hints would be appreciated, thanks!

[asmatic]

Did the icon of the satellite antenna stays on the screen? or maybe it dissapears?
Can you put here please the piece of code where you create the LocationProvider and set the listener?

I'm having problems also with that API (on nokia 6110 Navigator), but in my case, the Satellite icon dissapears after some positions are readed

[grbrg]

I'm using fullscreen mode, so I don't have a satellite icon at all... Even if it did disappear - what does that mean? Have you fouond any way around that?

The code to create the listener is quite simple actually:

try
{
    this.locProvider = LocationProvider.getInstance(null);

    this.locProvider.setLocationListener(this, 10, -1, -1);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    // probably no location api available
}

[asmatic]

It seems all ok, as far as I can see.
I would try to specify some Criteria to test if the problem is related to some bug regarding default criteria. Also I would try default interval at the listener, just in case...

As for the Satellite Icon.. When your app creeates a LocationProvider that uses the in-built GPS, the phone starts the GPS hardware and an Satellite antenna Icon appears on the upper-right corner. If that icon dissapears means that the GPS hardware has been switched off for some reason. That's my case.
Even if you are running fullscreen app, you can minimize your app, go back to the "Stand-by" (main screen) screen and see if the GPS icon stays on.

[grbrg]

I don't have a special icon for GPS connections it seems - just the standard antenna for network connectivity.

However, setting a criteria seems to have worked! I just set some very loose constraints and it is now working as it should. Setting hte cnstraints to null seems to cause problems on my phone... Thanks for your help!

[lachee]

Hi

I had seemingly similar problem two days ago. A forum member suggested me to go to Tools->Application Manager-->Your MIDlet-->Options-->Open and change the setting of "Positioning" to "Ask first time". And it worked! Hope this helps.

[grbrg]

Thanks for your answer, but I'd rather avoid changing the MIDlet settings - not every user is comfortable with handling them.

However, using the callback-method resulted in the nearly same thing, asking once when the location API is activated.

[grbrg]

Seems I was too fast with my delight... Today, even with the criteria set and the values all set to default locationUpdated() is called only once.

Anyone got an idea...?