Just a simple question - is there a way to disable GPS in the Eclipse Android emulator? I want to see how the application will behave when GPS is turned off.
in Android Studio in the AVD Manager:
Or
OPen Android Virtual Device Manager, click on device you want to edit
then on Hardware group click on New and choose GPS support property. After you add that property to existing properties, change it value with dropdown to false. After that just click on EditAVD
Open the settings app in the emulator and uncheck the option with a name like Use GPS satellites.
You might have to poke around a bit in the sub options to find it. If you tell us the exact android version, we can tell you where to look exactly.
I am not sure about this option works or not but if you try to enable or disable the option for gps in settings.One with the text "Use GPS Settelites".You will get unreliable result.As i have tried that one in the in built maps application of emulator.
I have tried sending the location from DDMS and than checking the current location in maps application before and after toggling that option but it seems it doesnt work once it is checkd OFF form ON.As after that i am not getting any location and it alsways says that "you location is temporary unavailable".
So don't use that option.Or you better check the same thing works for you or not.
Related
I am trying to make a simple GPS app so I want to check it on my device emulator.
So, I enable the ADB integration in android studio through Tools>android>enable ADB integration, then I open the device monitor, and then from there I open an emulator from window>Android Virtual Device Manager.
I then press the green arrow to run my app, it launches on the emulator, but from some reason, in the device monitor emulator, all the options are disabled as follows on this picture:
all options are disabled
any ideas what to do so I can change the coords?
See this answer about debugging your greyed out Location Controls in AVD Manager. Even though its pre Android Studio, the suggested tools/ folder in the SDK folder still applies. (Here's Tips on finding SDK location if needed.)
You might also try these methods from the Android API Guides. The third method near the bottom of the page, which uses telnet in terminal, is my favorite.
I am new into Android world. I was just referring this tutorial from Google:
http://developer.android.com/training/location/retrieve-current.html
Program compiles fine and launches application on emulator, but when I try to find mLocationClient.getLastLocation() it returns null, ALWAYS
I searched for almost a day and ahve already tried sending parameter from DDMS, telnet, switching google MAPs but still no success.
Please help me out.
What eventually worked for me was setting a location (I use Genymotion, so the "GPS widget" in the upper right corner), then starting Google Maps, and then running my app.
My guess is that my app wasn't actually setting the current location (which I thought connecting my locationClient would do automatically) - Google Maps checks and sets the location, so getLastLocation actually has something to return.
I think the emulator sometimes has its own bugs and issues. maybe that's one of them.
try the next things:
use the latest version of Android for the emulator. also update the ADT & SDK to the latest versions.
use alternative emulators
use real devices
use fake-gps-apps (location mocking) which make the OS think that your device is in some position
make sure that in the OS settings, mocking of gps locations is enabled
Open google map once in the emulator then give all geolocalisation permissions to google map, switch back to your app it should work.
I am not able to access internet in my emulator. It doesn't even connect to google on emulator browser. I have already checked Settings. Data Enabled checkbox is checked.
I referred to a few SO questions before posting the question.
As this answer suggests, I don't have wifi enabled. So that doesn't seem to be a problem.
As another answer in the same question suggests, I tried giving it in Run configurations, but still nothing is changed.
If someone can give any idea, that will help me a lot.
Note: On my emulator's home screen, 3G appears, but its with grey lines. I think those lines should be white. I might be wrong on this.
add GSM Modem Support to your emulator.
open AVD manager -> your emulator -> Edit.-> Hardware->New->GSM Modem Support.
You should check for http proxy settings in Tools of android sdk Manager in Eclipse.
This question already has answers here:
Closed 10 years ago.
Possible Duplicate:
How to emulate GPS location in the Android Emulator?
I'm struggling with activating the GPS functionality in the Android Emulator (Eclipse)
I wrote a test program for getting the current location. It's working on my Android Phone.. so I'm sure the app is working.
If I'm testing the program in the Android Emulator from Eclipse... nothing is happening! What am I missing?
I already added GPS support in the AVD
I know the Emulator control... but nothing is happening in the app.
Do I need to install some extra futures in the SDK?
I hope someone can point me in the right direction!
With the emulator running, do a
telnet localhost 5554
to connect to the emulator. Then you can do several commands, for example:
geo fix (longitude) (latitude)
That command instructs the emulator to behave as if the phone was at those location (basically fake the GPS coordinates).
You can use google maps feature called "drop latlong marker" to get GPS coordinates for a particular place.
You just need to send latitude and longitude via Emulator Control under DDMS, no need to other things.
pretty simple:)
the geo-fix solution works , but the eclipse ui solution should also work. you are not supposed to install anything special.
try to create a new emulator (which has gps support enabled in its features) and run it , select it in the emulators list under "devices" , and then go to the emulator control . set there the location and press "Send" .
in any case , if that doesn't work , you can even install third party apps on the emulator that do the same thing :
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=location+spoofer&c=apps
I'm trying to test a GPS-enabled application and want to test it on the real device (not the emulator). I want to spoof the application by sending fake GPS coordinates to it.
I've read that you can do this with DDMS, but this does not work because the "Emulator Control" to send the GPS signal is greyed out (disabled). I tried:
Selecting the right device.
Running DDMS both in eclipse and outside from the command-line
I have enabled the Settings on my Android device so it allows USB debugging and GPS spoofing.
Like I said in my comment, I have the same issue. The best workaround I've found so far is Motorola Dev Forums, which requires a bit of code to spoof locations on an actual device. However, like the OP pointed out to the ignorant Moto rep, the android docs do promise the ability to fake locations from the DDMS. I'll try coding the TestProvider tomorrow, and post updates here if I have any luck. Would appreciate it if you could do the same.
using mock location you do this. I have found some solution from this link may be this will help you check out this link
http://community.developer.motorola.com/t5/Android-App-Development-for/How-to-Send-Mock-Locations-with-DDMS-to-DROID-2-real-device/td-p/13720