tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10735231.post1933195920136164654..comments2024-03-09T17:42:04.882+00:00Comments on The Radioactive Yak: Android App Surgery: Simple GPSReto Meierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04583545000534514486noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10735231.post-73860865642877353302010-06-12T08:21:26.640+01:002010-06-12T08:21:26.640+01:00This artical is very useful for me. I am a develop...This artical is very useful for me. I am a developer and always looking to learn something new, thanks for sharing.Web designers in londonhttp://www.sowedane.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10735231.post-52839325943987365432010-06-02T02:40:09.176+01:002010-06-02T02:40:09.176+01:00As a developer who is just starting out writing ap...As a developer who is just starting out writing apps for Android and I find these reviews extremely helpful. In particular the links through to relevant sections of the documentation are awesome - those documentation pages can be very daunting to a newbie.Paul McManushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02105414902348134940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10735231.post-38643780623862991602010-06-02T00:22:19.758+01:002010-06-02T00:22:19.758+01:00The Tricorder app does all of this, plus it shows ...The Tricorder app does all of this, plus it shows your location based on cell towers if GPS is disabled, along with a host of other functions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10735231.post-53940599911978784552010-06-01T22:40:36.144+01:002010-06-01T22:40:36.144+01:00@String, Thanks a lot for your suggestion ;)
I fo...@String, Thanks a lot for your suggestion ;)<br /><br />I forgot to mention on my previous comment i did this modification too..<br /><br />But i did round to the 4th decimapl place. Maybe i'll follow your suggestion about calculating the number of digits to show based on the accuracy..<br /><br />Thanks a lot :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759637543849392566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10735231.post-3048368410717188422010-06-01T21:48:08.294+01:002010-06-01T21:48:08.294+01:00@vekexasia, I'd like to make one additional su...@vekexasia, I'd like to make one additional suggestion, if I may.<br /><br />There's no need to display 15+ decimal places of lat/lon data; it implies a sub-micron level of precision which (of course) isn't true. Realistically, 6 decimal places yields precision of a few centimetres, more than enough for GPS data. If you wanted to get fancy, you could calculate the number of digits to show based on the reported accuracy of the signal - but otherwise, I'd recommend just rounding it to 6.<br /><br />Nice little app, BTW!Stringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04937677857357562280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10735231.post-13999844470978024592010-06-01T21:24:00.492+01:002010-06-01T21:24:00.492+01:00Thanks reto for your good work :) I did some modif...Thanks reto for your good work :) I did some modifications you suggestend on your surgery :)<br /><br />Already implemented :<br />• landscape layout (with onConfigurationChanged )<br />• speed support<br />• window lock ( it releases the lock once the first fix comes )<br />• fallback on full-long url when the app can't shorten the app<br />• changed the "can't share" text with some real english ;) ( i changed precision with accuracy too )<br /><br />Plus i've considered:<br />• to move the share button on the menu but i would like to implement some kind of tutorial which "invites" the user to click on the menu button in order to share the location. Suggestion on how to do it ?<br />• to not use a private domain for sharing the location but i think i can do much more things on my domain than using google static maps api<br />• use the reverse geocoding feature. I would ( probably in the near future ) use this feature but i'll let the "smart" user choose if he wants to enable it .. I want to keep my application internet independent as much as possible <br /><br />By the way thanks. It was really inspiringUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759637543849392566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10735231.post-15289600990670461672010-06-01T20:30:27.058+01:002010-06-01T20:30:27.058+01:00Great review. :-)
One comment I'd make about ...Great review. :-)<br /><br />One comment I'd make about Android in general is that I'd like to he able to give applications control of certain services that might be considered a security threat. For example, I want CoPilot to be able to automatically enable GPS for me when I start it, and turn it off again when I exit. There are many other examples.<br /><br />Now, I know there's various security implications to that, but in my opinion no more so than sending emails, making phone calls, or accessing my contacts, etc. So surely GPS etc could be another security permission that apps can request on install?<br /><br />Luckily I can use an app like Setting Profiles which uses (presumably) undocumented APIs to enable GPS automatically. But is it ever likely that applications will be able to control these sorts of services in an 'officially supported' way?Webreaperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10269808566418928789noreply@blogger.com