Getting location information

RESOLVED: Thanks Jim. PEBKAC; I didn't realize that just starting the activity and having it show up on the map was not enough. You need to wait for a GPS lock (green bar) and then start the activity.

I've been banging my head on this for a while, hoping someone can help out.

I'm calling:

Activity.getActivityInfo().currentLocation; and it is ALWAYS returning null. I understand that it will most of the time return null, but it is always returning null on my watch.

I have:

1. Double checked to make sure that I have added: " <iq:uses-permission id="Positioning"/>" to my manifest.xml

2. I have started a run activity as well as opened maps on my watch before calling for currentLocation

3. I know it won't work on the simulator (always testing on my watch) unless doing Simulation>Activity Data>Data Simulation (which does work). Thanks Jim for the suggestion.

4. Scrolled through and selected multiple watch faces (thanks Jim for the suggestion).

5. I have uninstalled/reinstalled, rebooted --

done about everything other than throw my very nice watch out the window. If anybody has any ideas, please send them my way.

Thanks!

Heckles

jim_m_58 over 3 years ago in reply to Heckles

Yes, even when using a native activity, you want to wait for GPS to go green before you start. .Until then you may have a bad GPS location
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Heckles over 3 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

oh man. Thanks Jim. I never realized I had to wait for the bar to turn green. I figured that since the map showed my location, I was all set. Bar turned green and my location was set. Thanks Jim!
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jim_m_58 over 3 years ago in reply to Heckles

When you try this on the watch, and you start something like the run activity, do you wait for a GPS lock (GPS goes green), then start recording? You can then stop the recording and discard the activity.
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Heckles over 3 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Thanks Jim. Running the simulator by doing Simulation>Activity Data> Data Simulation does update location. Anything else I can try?
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jim_m_58 over 3 years ago in reply to Heckles

Since you can try this in the sim, add a println to make sure your code is trying to get the currentLocation when it should. This sounds like something in your code to me.

When you do get a currentLocation that's not null, you want to save that in Application.Storage, so you have a location the next time currentLocation is null.
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