Android Location Services not posting GPS Location

Question

I can't believe this code doesn't work - because I've written several other apps that use location services like this... but apparently I've missed something and I can't figure out what it is. Any help would be greatly appreciated...

My output log check for the tag "GPS" just shows the following:

07-19 05:50:34.567: DEBUG/GPS(4883): Location Services Started

I checked and loading up my maps application or another app that I've written that uses the location API finds me almost immediately - this, on the other hand, leaves me waiting forever without a single update. And yeah - I checked my permissions in AndroidManifest :)

Go figure - I'm completely baffled... Here's the code:

package com.pegshot.pegshotuploader;

import java.util.List;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.pm.ActivityInfo;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Point;
import android.location.Location;
import android.location.LocationListener;
import android.location.LocationManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;

import com.pegshot.pegshotuploader.R;

import com.google.android.maps.GeoPoint;
import com.google.android.maps.MapActivity;
import com.google.android.maps.MapController;
import com.google.android.maps.MapView;
import com.google.android.maps.Overlay;

public class Map extends MapActivity implements LocationListener {
 // Variable Declaration - Global Class Variables
 GeoPoint currentLocation = null;
 private LocationManager locationManager = null;

 // Layout Variables
 private MapView mapMapView;
 private MapController mapMapController;

 @Override
 public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.map);
  setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);

  // Setup the map
  mapMapView = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapMapView);
     mapMapController = mapMapView.getController();
     mapMapController.setZoom(4);

     // Setup the location services.
     locationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(LOCATION_SERVICE);

 }

 @Override
 protected boolean isRouteDisplayed() {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  return false;
 }

 /********************************************
  * LOCATION SERVICE FUNCTIONS
  * 
  */

 private void startLocationServices() {
  Log.d("GPS","Location Services Started");
  locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 0, 0, this);
 }

 private void stopLocationServices() {
  Log.d("GPS","Location Services Stopped");
  if(locationManager != null) {
   locationManager.removeUpdates(this);
  }
 }

 @Override
    protected void onDestroy() {
  stopLocationServices();
        super.onDestroy();
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPause() {
     stopLocationServices();
        super.onPause();
    }

    @Override
    protected void onResume() {
     startLocationServices();
        super.onResume();
    }

    /**
     * Location Listener Overrides - Handle Location Updates
     */

    @Override
    public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
        Log.d("GPS",location.toString());
    }    

    @Override
    public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {}    

    @Override
    public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {}    

    @Override
    public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {}

 // Map Marker Overlay
 class RedPegOverlay extends com.google.android.maps.Overlay {

        public boolean draw(Canvas canvas, MapView mapView,boolean shadow, long when) {
            super.draw(canvas, mapView, shadow);                   

            //---translate the GeoPoint to screen pixels---
            Point screenPts = new Point();
            if(currentLocation != null) {
             mapView.getProjection().toPixels(currentLocation, screenPts);
            }
            //---add the marker---
            Bitmap bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.peg_red);            
            canvas.drawBitmap(bmp, screenPts.x-10, screenPts.y-30, null);         
            return true;
        }
    }


}

Answer 1

Ok - Go figure... I restarted the phone ... twice... and now it works. I have a feeling it had something to do with my trying to debug several location applications all at once. Too bad I rewrote my entire class, twice, in order to find that out.