Question

I am working on a GPS portion and for criteria, I can set the accuracy to ACCURACY_FINE, ACCURACY_MEDIUM etc. However, for some reason I keep getting a force close error If i set it the Criteria to ACCURACY_HIGH. any ideas on what might be causing it?

Heres my Manifest, im pretty sure everything is ok, since I am able to use different Criterias:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" /> 
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_CHECKIN_PROPERTIES" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />

Here are my logs:

 07-05 08:51:48.641: W/dalvikvm(1040): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40015578)
 07-05 08:51:48.657: E/AndroidRuntime(1040): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
 07-05 08:51:48.657: E/AndroidRuntime(1040): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.jetdelivery.mobile/com.jetdelivery.mobile.statuspage}: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: accuracy=3
 07-05 08:51:48.657: E/AndroidRuntime(1040):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1651)
 07-05 08:51:48.657: E/AndroidRuntime(1040):    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1667)
 07-05 08:51:48.657: E/AndroidRuntime(1040):    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:117)
 07-05 08:51:48.657: E/AndroidRuntime(1040):    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:935)
 07-05 08:51:48.657: E/AndroidRuntime(1040):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
 07-05 08:51:48.657: E/AndroidRuntime(1040):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)
 07-05 08:51:48.657: E/AndroidRuntime(1040):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3687)
 07-05 08:51:48.657: E/AndroidRuntime(1040):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
 07-05 08:51:48.657: E/AndroidRuntime(1040):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
 07-05 08:51:48.657: E/AndroidRuntime(1040):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:842)
 07-05 08:51:48.657: E/AndroidRuntime(1040):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:600)
 07-05 08:51:48.657: E/AndroidRuntime(1040):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
 07-05 08:51:48.657: E/AndroidRuntime(1040): Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: accuracy=3
 07-05 08:51:48.657: E/AndroidRuntime(1040):    at android.location.Criteria.setAccuracy(Criteria.java:223)
 07-05 08:51:48.657: E/AndroidRuntime(1040):    at com.jetdelivery.mobile.statuspage.onCreate(statuspage.java:125)
 07-05 08:51:48.657: E/AndroidRuntime(1040):    at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
 07-05 08:51:48.657: E/AndroidRuntime(1040):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1615)
 07-05 08:51:48.657: E/AndroidRuntime(1040):    ... 11 more

I am developing using Android 2.3.5 firmware. Thanks!

Answer 1

The android Criteria has two separate groups of accuracy constants. ACCURACY_FINE and ACCURACY_COARSE are for general location, while ACCURACY_LOW, ACCURACY_MEDIUM, and ACCURACY_HIGH “may be used for horizontal, altitude, speed or bearing accuracy.” If you are talking about general GPS location you should use coarse or fine.