Android mock location on device?

Question

How can I mock my location on a physical device (Nexus One)? I know you can do this with the emulator in the Emulator Control panel, but this doesn't work for a physical device.

Answer 1

If you use this phone only in development lab, there is a chance you can solder away GPS chip and feed serial port directly with NMEA sequences from other device.

Answer 2

For desktop computers you can create/install drivers that emulate a GPS device/serial port device for the purpose of doing this kind of testing. Perhaps you could create or find something similar for android.

Answer 3

I found this example with some Googling - it sends data directly to the LocationManager.

Android location provider mock

Answer 4

Andrews link points in the right direction it seems the only way to do is to use a mock location provider. You have to enable mock locations in the development panel in your settings and add

   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_MOCK_LOCATION" /> 

to your manifest. Now you can go in your code and create your own mock location provider and set the location of this provider like explained in Andrews link

Answer 5

You can use the Location Services permission to mock location...

"android.permission.ACCESS_MOCK_LOCATION"

and then in your java code,

// Set location by setting the latitude, longitude and may be the altitude...
String[] MockLoc = str.split(",");
Location location = new Location(mocLocationProvider);            
Double lat = Double.valueOf(MockLoc[0]);
location.setLatitude(lat);
Double longi = Double.valueOf(MockLoc[1]);
location.setLongitude(longi);
Double alti = Double.valueOf(MockLoc[2]);
location.setAltitude(alti);

Answer 6

I wish I had my cable handy. I know you can telnet to the emulator to change it's location

$ telnet localhost 5554
Android Console: type 'help' for a list of commands
OK
geo fix -82.411629 28.054553
OK

I cannot remember if you can telnet to your device, but I think you can. I hope this helps.

You'll need adb (android debugging bridge) for this (CLI).

Answer 7

I use both