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Location API not working for custom/third-party applications

I'm trying to write a simple GPS based application for my BB 8800 (with Airtel, India). But for some reason my code getLocation(timeout) always returns with a non-valid location (only after timing out). I tried different combinations of criteria parameters with no success. I'm pretty sure that the problem is not with my code because ...

Blackberry - change latitude and longitude on the device to test app

Hi I want to test my app on the device. Is it possible to hard code the latitude and longitude values somewhere in the device settings so the app reads those instead of the current location? I want to test my app for different locations other than my current location. Thanks. ...

How to start GPS program in blackberry?

I want to how to create a GPS program in blackberry .If you have any ideas about this pls share with me.If u know any resource web link regarding this pls provide me. regards, s.kumaran. ...

How to use Google Map in Blackberry application?

Can anyone tell how to use Google maps in blackberry application development instead of Blackberry map.If you have any idea about this please help me,If possible provide me a some code snippet. regards, s.kumaran. ...

How do programmatically turn off GPS on a Blackberry

Hi there. Does anyone know how to programmatically turn off the Blackberry internal GPS receiver? ...

How to show our own icon in BlackBerry Map?

I want to know how to use our own logo to show the particular place in BBMap? Can anyone knows how to do this and if u can pls provide me some code snippet. regards, s.kumaran. ...

Blackberry - LocationProvider.getLocation() hangs on

I wrote a very simple application that asks the LocationProvider for a location and prints it to System.out. This works great in the simulator. However, when I run it on my blackberry device, the call to getLocation seems to hang indefinitely. I am running the code in a separate thread that simply gets a provider and asks for the locatio...

How to find the route between two places in BlackBerry?

How do I find the route information between two places in BlackBerry? I'm using MapField to show the map in my application. ...

How to show more than one location in Blackberry MapField?

I can able to show one location using co ordinates or longtitude and latitude but i dont know how to show more than one location in the blackberry MapField.If is it possible pls share with me how to do this.. ...

Blackberry - getLocation() method cannot be called from event thread

I want to get the longitude and latitude of device. I used location api to get the longtitude and latitude the problem now i am facing is i could not able to call the getLocation() method inside button click event.It is throwing error as getLocation() method cannot called from event thread.Can any one tell me how to solve this problem. ...