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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
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I use Eclipse and Android SDK to develop apps for android,recently i wrote a program to show a map on it, it works fine on real device but it don't show any map on emulator.
I check the emulator internet connection and it works and i checked the browser on emulator and it works and i checked the Google map app on the emulator and it show me an black page.
I think about a graphical library or something would be missing, is it possible ? what can i do to correct it?
PS:
1-I use Google APIs 4.2.2 image.
2-I know there are many emulator but they don't works with DDMS on Eclipse.for example DDMS can't send GPS location or SMS to theme or call theme.and i want some log system like LogCat.
You have to use genny motion . Its works like real device.
http://www.genymotion.com/
android genymotion vs emulator
use the following steps to make avd for s4 or any type:withe help of genymotion third party pulgin:
download first genymotion https://cloud.genymotion.com/page/launchpad/download/
cmd for install genymotion http://schier.co/post/install-genymotion-2.0-in-ubuntu
then: The installation of the plugin can be done by launching Eclipse and going to "Help / Install New Software" menu, then just add a new Update Site with the following URL: http://plugins.genymotion.com/eclipse.
installing the google play service from the following : http://blog.zeezonline.com/2013/11/install-google-play-on-genymotion-2-0/
Genny Motion is the best solution by far and had almost all features a developer needs.
But the reason that i cant see the map is the time i should wait and https protocol which is don't work properly in our country because of it's encryption ,it seems it took a while to appear a map, i left the program to eat dinner , when i came back it appears !!! but Google map App still don't work , maybe it needs time too.
Emulator does not having gps hardware to run google map, that the reason it's showing blank, To run Map we need both a internet and gps as well.
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.
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.
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
Ok, this is a really weird one.
I'm sending Latitude/Longitude to Emulator running my App and its getting the wrong Coordinates !!! Everything I send (either via DDMS using GPX file, DDMS Manual, or telnet and using geo fix command), gets received, but when I print the latitude/longitude points received by the app, there are off by just a little bit (well a few hundred yards to where I was aiming for).
Discovered this because I've always tested my app on a PC, but recently purchased a Mac. So I'm going through my standard tests, using the GPX file with lat/long points that I always used on the PC, and the app is showing the wrong location.
Example:
I send this:
geo fix geo fix -72.74 41.74
And in my app, onLocationChanged, location.toString() says this:
Location[mProvider=gps,mTime=1287892837000,mLatitude=41.74016776666667,mLongitude=-72.74533443333333,mHasAltitude=false,mAltitude=0.0,mHasSpeed=false,mSpeed=0.0,mHasBearing=false,mBearing=0.0,mHasAccuracy=false,mAccuracy=0.0,mExtras=Bundle[mParcelledData.dataSize=4]]
I mean what the heck?? Tested with Google Maps also, and if I select myLocation, it goes to the same wacky coordinates instead of the actual ones I sent.
Looks like some weird math or conversion issue, since the numbers are close, but not exact.
Again, this all works fine on the PC, meaning, on the PC it gets the exact coordinates that I send. For the Emulator I created an avd using AVD manager, WVGA854, Google API Level 8.
Running on new MacBook pro, and new Eclipse Helios install and new install of Android SDK.
This seems like the bug in DDMS .
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=11264