Question

Is it somehow possible to tell the MyLocationOverlay that it should only consider GPS as LocationProvider?

The reference says: enableMyLocation() => Attempts to enable MyLocation, registering for updates from LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER and LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER.

But I need only the GPS_PROVIDER.
Any hints?

Answer 1

As far as I know, there isn’t a method to turn this off. However you can:

1. Override onLocationChanged and look at location.getProvider(), ignoring updates that aren’t from GPS – although I’m guessing this will still draw your location from the network provider if it needs too.
2. MyLocationOverlay implements LocationListener, meaning enableLocation probably requests updates using itself with the location manager – you could instead call requestLocationUpdates with your own Criteria. However, Google Maps isn’t open source, so there might be some flags or such that enableLocation also updates.. if you knew what it done, you could probably replicate it with reflection..
3. ‘Turn off’ the network provider using TestProviderEnabled() which requires the mock location permission + that option to be enabled on the device.