Android MapActivity cannot retrieve location data

Question

I have followed the HelloMapView tutorial for android, and added some code to capture my current location information and display in a textview.

I have tested these code in another program and it worked, it is able to display my longitude and latitude data when the launch that app. However when i copied the code into this MapActivity, it seems that i cannot get the location data.

Here's part of the code:

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        mapView = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapview);
        mapView.setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
        mapOverlays = mapView.getOverlays();
        drawable = this.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.androidmarker);
        itemizedOverlay = new HelloItemizedOverlay(drawable, this);
        Button button1 = (Button)this.findViewById(R.id.button1);
        tv1 = (TextView) this.findViewById(R.id.textView1);
        button1.setOnClickListener(mScan);
        latitude = 1.3831625;
        longitude = 103.7727321;


        LocationManager lm = (LocationManager)getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE); 
        Location location = lm.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
        if (location == null)
            location = lm.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
        if (location != null) {
            if (System.currentTimeMillis() - location.getTime() < 3000)
            {
                longitude = location.getLongitude();
                latitude = location.getLatitude();

                tv1.setText(Double.toString(longitude));

            }
        }
        lm.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER, 2000, 10, locationListener);

    }

    private final LocationListener locationListener = new LocationListener() {
        public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
            longitude = location.getLongitude();
            latitude = location.getLatitude();

            tv1.setText(Double.toString(latitude));
        }

        @Override
        public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        }

        @Override
        public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        }

        @Override
        public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        }
    };

Also note that my tv1 is not updated to any value even though i have self defined the longitude and latitude at first. — phatez, Sep 25 '11 at 14:16

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 25 '11 at 16:16

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Did you added proper permissions in Manifest? Like this

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

Also please check your gps is enabled or working on ur deive.

answered Sep 25 '11 at 16:16

Walid Hossain

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