Mock Locations

[splatt]

Does anyone know how to use Mock Locations when testing GPS based apps?

 

[Erel]

You can connect to the emulator with telnet and then send NMEA strings to the GPS: testing - How to emulate gps location in the android Emulator? - Stack Overflow

 

[derez]

or sending the location using telnet:

geo <fix|nmea>The geo command supports the subcommands listed in the table below.

Subcommand Description Comments
fix <longitude> <latitude> [<altitude>] Send a simple GPS fix to the emulator instance. Specify longitude and latitude in decimal degrees. Specify altitude in meters.

 

[splatt]

Erel & David,

Thanks for the response, but I was meaning on an actual device, not the Emulator.

On my Galaxy S, under Settings\Applications\Development it gives a selectable option to allow mock locations. I was wondering if this can be set to allow testing indoors with a real device?

 

[Erel]

This is currently not supported.

 

[splatt]

Thanks Erel, but please hurry up and add it, as it's damn cold outside!