Wanted to know if anyone has already done this or wanted this..
I wanted to have GPS icon appear on the header when the gps is turned on. Obvisouly due to the program working I will know if the gps is on, just thought it would be cool to have an icon display like when you are connected to BT device or similar.
I figure once the software makes the call to open the gps device, all we would need to do is call for its status, of if its opened then display icon.
Anyway let me know.
Burn
Hmm most GPS Applications are Fullscreen, or at least i want the Header to be hidden, so i think its perfect the way it is, with the Orange LED indicator ;P
"all" there is to be done would be a program that checks if GPS COM Port is opened, since this is indicated by the left Orange LED, there is already some "software" sensing the open COM Port, so i think it should be possible to reroute that to a GPS Icon Indicator on Today screen or taskbar, but i'm not sure...
GPS Issue
While trying to find out if my GPS "static navigation" was off, I think I might have screwed up the receiver.
I was trying to use a golf gps program, and watch the yardage update constantly.
I used SirfTech, and MMSirfSetup to try and turn off static navigation. However MMSirfSetup seemed to just hang up, and SirfTech seemed to actually work, but now I can not get my golf program back up and running to see the satellites.
I am going to re flash the rom and see if that helps...
ANY SUGGESTIONS?????????????
Have also been looking for this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=360042
but would like it to show status e.g GPS on/data but no lock/locked position. Similar to the wifi icon.
Advantage would be that you wouldn't have to fire up your app (e.g tom tom) only to find you have no signal
tajw said:
Have also been looking for this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=360042
but would like it to show status e.g GPS on/data but no lock/locked position. Similar to the wifi icon.
Advantage would be that you wouldn't have to fire up your app (e.g tom tom) only to find you have no signal
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Easily do-able but one problem i foresee, can more than one program use the gps com port? not usually, so u'd have to use some program like "gpsGate" to create virtual gps com-ports. then ur icon program can read in the gps signal, process it and change the icon to suite the data flow. utlimately a very simple application and one i think i might do.
I'm a developer, write a free gps tracking system. bought an orbit cos it can be programmed and has a gps receiver and mobile connection all built in. give me a short while and I'll have the app up and running
Sean
Nice!
I am embedded software engineer and am just getting started in the CE world, but I firgued that it would be pretty easy to just catch when the program calls gpsOpen() or something of that nature. Looking forward to hearing what you come up with.
Burn
Seanpu1
Sounds great
FYI I can run concurrent apps all using the same com port (navizon, memory map, TomTom and GPS Gate) without a problem.
Thanks tajw. btw done some digging and wm5/6 use an "intermediate driver" which accounts for your being able to access to gps from multiple apps.
Got my first app up and running. initialized the gps and displays rmc information
I thought of having a dot on the toolbar/task bar/program icon to signify whats happening, for example
black for no data
red for no fix
yellow for fix with < XX sats
green got a fix with > XX sats
ok,
Icon tray indicators:
black is no gps connection
red is gps data but no satelites
yellow will mean <= 3 satelites in view
green will mean >= 4 satelites in view
the distinction between yellow and green is that yellow indicates a 2D fix on your position, whilst green indicates a 3D fix. Not all gps hardware is capable of 3D fix inspite of having the sats to do it, but the more sats the better the fix so its good enough.
Should have a small tray app ready by end of next week.
Good news (for me anyway).
Application works nicely, minimising to the task tray and updates the icon depending on the gps signal data.
I have to polish off a few bits. When thats finished I'll post the .exe up here for others to test. Its tiny (38k) but I'll try and get it smaller.
You know, its cute! As you go in a building it goes red (no signal). As you go out a building it goes green! in the city it flickers green and yellow, even red sometimes. On my XDA it also appears to keep the GPS device active even when device is in sleep mode, so finding the fix again takes even less time than the first time (1-2 seconds rather than 20). also the battery isn't drained noticably.
Definitely looking forward to having a try with this programme, it's sounding good. Especially as I have moved to a town I don't know and GPS is becoming my new best friend.
GPS Spot
OK.
I think I've added the .zip file containing my little gps application.
Its build to work on my Xda Orbit. Would like to know if it works on anyone else orbit or any other device.
Install: just unzip and run from a directory.
Instructions:
The app will minimise to the tray when you press ok or top-right X.
Tray icon changes colour dependingo n the gps status
Red mean no satellite data
Yellow means between 1 and 3 satellites (2D fix)
Green means 4 or more satellites (3D fix)
Exit the program using the exit menu or kill the process.
You can also download it from my webserver:
gps.kicks-ass.net/gps_buddy/GPSSpot.asp
Have fun.
Sean
seanpu1 said:
OK.
I think I've added the .zip file containing my little gps application.
Its build to work on my Xda Orbit. Would like to know if it works on anyone else orbit or any other device.
Install: just unzip and run from a directory.
Instructions:
The app will minimise to the tray when you press ok or top-right X.
Tray icon changes colour dependingo n the gps status
Red mean no satellite data
Yellow means between 1 and 3 satellites (2D fix)
Green means 4 or more satellites (3D fix)
Exit the program using the exit menu or kill the process.
You can also download it from my webserver:
gps.kicks-ass.net/gps_buddy/GPSSpot.asp
Have fun.
Sean
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I'm testing it on a Glofiish X800, seems to work well.
I've notice that the GPS remain active when the X800 is in stand by, so I have to close or leave it open, based on my need.
This is good for me, 'cause some times I want to have the GPS on and the screen off to preserv battery life
Seems to be working fine on my Orbit. Although this is the worst week for testing it as I've only been sticking to the parts of town I know for once.
I know this is an old thread, probably no support anymore but the apps worked on my Topaz. It would be nice if the spots can be changed to a satelite icons instead
Is there a way yet to have the phone always show that top status bar and not hide it? I like always knows whats going on up there, signal, wifi and all.
Thanks, searched and I got a lot of stuff for android and windows phone 6.5.
No, not really. The good news is, that if something important is going on ( no signal strength, WiFi connecting etc.), the bar will automatically pop up. It's weird at first, but I got used to it quickly.
Sent from my LG-E900 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
Just touch your screen right at the top and it'll drop down for you. Seems a bit daft having it constantly occupying precious screen real estate to me.
I've been working on making a ROM for a while. I started with the stock 2.2 November OTA, and have been doing some theming and making some changes in the framework and such. mostly basic stuff like getting rid of the GPS indicator in the notification bar, and the USB debugging notification. Also implementing 6 bar signal bar, and pulling some stuff from Evo ROMS. I also made some changes in the Rosie.apk, transparent app drawer, making the right button open the browser, etc.
somehow, something I changed broke the ability of the signal indicator to display 1x when appropriate. I used to see 3g change to 1x briefly whenever sending a text, but not anymore. I didn't think much of it til yesterday, I was in a bad signal area, but the signal indicator still showed 3g. I was trying to send an MMS, and it too a very long time. I went into Settings - About - Networks and saw it said CDMA -1xRTT, notification bar still showed 3g.
It's such a minor thing, but it's still a bug and I'd like to get it fixed. The weird thing is, I tried reverting back to the stock files bit by bit, until I was back to the stock framework and stock Rosie, but it was still broken after wiping everything and flashing again. So I reverted phone to full stock by flashing the November OTA PB31IMG.zip and it went back to working. Flashed my ROM with the stock framework and Rosie, broke it again.
I've been working on this ROM for a while and can't recall all the dozens of little changes I made, but I know it wasn't much outside of /framework/ and /app/.
Anyone have an idea what I may have done to break this?
Ok now I feel a little stupid. I just went and pulled the entire framework folder from the stock OTA and flashed just that (I was replacing files in framework one at a time before) and NOW I see 1x when I send a text....
so it definitely was something that I changed in there.... mostly what I've done is change stuff in the classes.dex files in smali, but I can't figure out which change broke the 1x...
Hi guiz!
I installed CM9 on my HOX. But besides the known bugs with that, i also have issues with the bluetooth and GPS software.
Bluetooth simply wont turn on; when i pull/push the slider it keeps going back to 'off'...
GPS wont turn on either; when i open any form of navigation it keeps saying 'searching for gps signals', and the little icon in the top bar doesn't show up. and yes, i have turned on the internal GPS in the options
although its not like i can test with a bluetooth gps now can i ^^
A lot of apps crash, too. Could be instantly, could be after 20 seconds, but they all crash with the 'has stopped working' or something alike. Kindof hard to use the phon this way. Stock rom didn't have those issues in the brief time i used that.
I can't ask this in the CM9 [WIP] forum, being a newbie and all. So I hope someone here can help me? Is my HOX different? Why it no work!?
Oh yeah, i have the international HOX, so the Tegra 3 one.
Nobody has any idea's on this? Flashed the kernel again, uploaded the new CM9 alpha 7. Still the same errors. Crashing seems less often; but still not bluetooth nor GPS :/
So I recently updated to CM9 and wanted to know if there was any way to change up the notification bar to look a bit like the S3. Currently, mine has Wi Fi, bluetooth, Sound and GPS.. is it possible to edit to have airplane mode and all the other ones currently present in the S3 ?? Apologies if this was asked already.. I've scoured around the forum and haven't found anything yet