> If my phone is running a location-aware clock or a location-aware
> weather widget, would getLastKnownLocation() be guaranteed to return a
> value in my app?
There are no guarantees in life.
For example, a "location-aware clock" might only check location
sporadically (e.g., daily).
> Or is that the point of the 'passive' provider?
The passive provider is so you can get location data without
necessarily turning anything on (e.g., GPS radio).
> With my widget installed on my HTC EVO, which runs the HTC standard
> location-aware clock, it always knows where it is as I travel from home
> to work. That would imply that my app's call to getLastKnownLocation
> returned results since the phone knew where it was. Does that make
> sense?
Yes. Unless your app is only for you, though, you can't exactly rely on that.
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