Java Development

[traigo]

I am trying to start GPS polling, but setLocationListener appears to be blocking.  The application just hangs there.  This is on a Torch 9810 device.  I'm using SDK 6.  I'm not getting any errors, it just appears to stop.  After MUCH research, I came up with this:

I have static provider and criteria variables in my main application class.

To start polling, I call setupGpsPolling();

I set a location listener with my interval.

I have a thread that checks for the last fix.  If the time is greater than 20 minutes, it resets by calling setupGpsPolling();

In my main application class::

	private static BlackBerryLocationProvider _provider = null;
	private static BlackBerryCriteria _criteria;
......


	public static void setupGpsPolling() {
		LocationInfo.setLocationOn(); 
		if (_provider != null) {
			_provider.setLocationListener(null, 0, 0, 0);
			_provider.reset();
			_provider = null;
		}

		try {
			_criteria = new BlackBerryCriteria();
			_criteria.setGPSRestartInterval(600, 0);
			_criteria.setSpeedAndCourseRequired(true);
			_provider = (BlackBerryLocationProvider) LocationProvider.getInstance(_criteria);
			_provider.setLocationListener(new LocationListener(), 300, -1, 0);
		} catch (LocationException e) {
			System.out.println(e.getMessage());
		}
	}

 LocationListener

public class LocationListener implements javax.microedition.location.LocationListener{

	private static long lastFix = 0l;
	private static Object lock = new Object();
	
	public void locationUpdated(LocationProvider provider, Location location) {
		try {
			BlackBerryLocation loc = (BlackBerryLocation) location;
	    	double longitude = location.getQualifiedCoordinates().getLongitude();
	    	double latitude =location.getQualifiedCoordinates().getLatitude();
	    	float speed = location.getSpeed();
	    	float course = location.getCourse();
	    	setLastFix(location.getTimestamp());
	    	GPSLocation gps = new GPSLocation(longitude, latitude, speed, course, location.getTimestamp());
	    	gps.setStatus(loc.getStatus());
	    	gps.setError(loc.getError());
	    	gps.process();
		} catch (Exception e) {
			System.out.println(e.getMessage());
		}
	}

	public void providerStateChanged(LocationProvider provider, int newState) {
		
	}

	public static void setLastFix(long lastFix) {
		synchronized (lock) {
			LocationListener.lastFix = lastFix;
		}
	}

	public static long getLastFix() {
		synchronized (lock) {
			return lastFix;
		}
	}

}

My checker thread:

public class GPSThread extends Thread {
	
	public GPSThread() {
	}
	
	public void run() {
		while (true) {
			try {
				Thread.sleep(300000);
			} catch (InterruptedException e) {
				e.printStackTrace();
			}
			if ((System.currentTimeMillis() - LocationListener.getLastFix()) > (20 * 60 * 1000)) {
				App.setupGpsPolling(); //reset our location listener
			}
		}

	}
}

[traigo · Accepted solution]

_provider.setLocationListener(new LocationListener(), 300, -1, 0)

Should have been

_provider.setLocationListener(new LocationListener(), 300, -1, -1)

[walkin]

I also have this issue with:

_locProvider.setLocationListener(null, 0, -1, -1);
_locProvider.reset();

If I comment first line, I'm stack on the reset() !?

Interesting thing is that this works on real devices and on Simulator 9930 - default for OS7.0,

and does not on Simulator 9800 - default for OS6.0

More to it, in the code I also use listener like:

_locProvider.setLocationListener(this, interval, -1, -1);

and it works OK in all cases!?

In fact, I call it before and later call it with null to cancel listening.

Yes, I exited locationUpdated() before resetting listener.

Setting breakpoint on the first line and then continue shows that

some BlackBerryLocationProvider.BlackBerryListenerThread thread was stopped.

I'm using Eclipse plug-in 1.5.2 on Win7/64.

....

P.S. I read all (big) posts here and also tried:

_locProvider.setLocationListener(null, 0, 0, 0);
_locProvider.reset();

 with the same result.

[walkin]

Just a quick question-update.

How about that the problem with setLocationListener(null,...) (or reset()) happens only when it is called before(!)

the very first locationUpdated() was called?

I mean, in case getLastKnownLocation() returns null?