Android LocationManager.getLastKnownLocation() returns null

Question

So I\'m trying to sample the gps coordinates just once in an application. I don\'t want to create a LocationListener object to constantly get gps updates. I want to wait u

Answer 1

Try using the MyLocationOverlay , create a runnable that does what you need to do with that GPS location, and pass it to

boolean     runOnFirstFix(java.lang.Runnable runnable)
          Queues a runnable to be executed as soon as we have a location fix.

and then disable the location updates for the MyLocationOverlay.

Edit: The reason the location is null is because at the time that code is run, no geofix has been received.