It's all smoke and mirror. You need to use whatever location provider is available to give the user the illusion that there is a location fix. Only then should you switch to "best" provider, and provide the real GPS based location.
On Monday, June 18, 2012 5:32:01 PM UTC-4, Ahmad wrote: > > Can someone from Google Android (map) write the steps and code used by > Google Android in this subject ? > > Here “youtube.com/watch?v=v6gqipmbcok” says it uses cell towers. But > I can see the GPS is used by Google Map too. > > Here “http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3145089/what-is-the-simplest- > and-most-robust-way-to-get-the-users-current-location-in-a/ > 3145655#3145655<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3145089/what-is-the-simplest-and-most-robust-way-to-get-the-users-current-location-in-a/3145655#3145655>” > > a few methods have been suggested, but doesn’t seem > Google Map Android uses any of them. > > Google Map Android finds the location in very few seconds, while my > app takes about a minute. > Based on suggestions from Android, I find the best provider first > (which usually is GPS) and get the location thru that. But doesn’t > seem this is what Google Android Map does. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
