[android-developers] Re: switching GPS on and off

ok, I thought that those widgets are ordinary android apps written by
other smart gays, so that s why I was confused.

thanks

On 17 Cze, 21:13, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:14 PM, kamiseq <kami...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > once again, maybe it is too much sun over here :)
>
> > 1. gps is on (powered, whatever) when some app tries to obtain
> > location info
>
> Right.
>
> > 2. gps is off if there is no app looking for location
>
> Correct.
>
> > 3. you then said that
> > "For example, HTC Sense phones have a home screen feature that looks
> > like an on/off switch for GPS. That, however, controls whether GPS is
> > enabled."
>
> > so there is some other state that gps can be in and it can be
> > controlled by application.
>
> Not an ordinary SDK application. Whether or not GPS is enabled is a
> so-called "secure setting" (Settings.Secure), which cannot be modified
> by ordinary SDK applications.
>
> > and yes I dont really understand the
> > difference between on and enabled.
>
> You cannot turn GPS on if it is disabled. Think of enabled/disabled as
> a lock, controlled by the user, which determines whether or not
> applications even have an option to use GPS.
>
> --
> Mark Murphy
> CommonsWare
> mmur...@commonsware.comhttp://commonsware.com

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