> 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.
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Mark Murphy
CommonsWare
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