Question

I modified the OMGStop() method to something more like this:

public void cancelUpdates() {
    //TODO potential bug here
    if(pi == null)
        setPendingIntent();
    mgr.cancel(pi);     

    //Should one of these work?
    stopService(new Intent(applicationContext, LocationPoller.class));
    stopService(new Intent(applicationContext, LocationPollerService.class));

I’m storing pi (PendingIntent) as a member in my activity class. And this works fine to remove the PendingIntent from the AlarmManager.

However…

I would like to be able to stop the current location poll if there is one going on. Is it possible with your current design? I thought I could just stop the service, but the GPS continues to run.

Basically what i’m trying to do is stop everything when the user (me on my trip) changes a preference (such as the timeout, or USE GPS or update period. And then recreate everything with the new values.

Thanks,

Great code BTW – Exactly what I want for tracking my cross country journey 🙂

Answer 1

Is it possible with your current design?

No, sorry. That’s theoretically possible to add, but probably a bit tricky, and definitely not there at the moment.

Basically what i’m trying to do is stop everything when the user (me on my trip) changes a preference (such as the timeout, or USE GPS or update period. And then recreate everything with the new values.

That is a perfectly reasonable concept, just not what LocationPoller supports. LocationPoller was designed more for the “check every hour” sorts of scenarios, where it is statistically unlikely that a check is going on while the user happens to be manipulating your app’s UI.