Can someone from Google Android (map) group address the question/request ? "How Google Map gets current location in Android ?" Steps and code. Is it possible ?
The question is Not how I should do it ! Thank you. On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 5:34 PM, lbendlin <l...@bendlin.us> wrote: > 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<http://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
