Testing GPS in Android

Question

How do you test GPS applications in Android? Can we test it using the Android emulator?

Answer 1

Maybe you want to a use a Unit test, so you can try this:

public class GPSPollingServiceTest extends AndroidTestCase {
    private LocationManager locationManager;

    public void testGPS() {
        LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager) this.getContext().getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
        locationManager.addTestProvider("Test", false, false, false, false, false, false, false, Criteria.POWER_LOW, Criteria.ACCURACY_FINE);
        locationManager.setTestProviderEnabled("Test", true);

        // Set up your test

        Location location = new Location("Test");
        location.setLatitude(10.0);
        location.setLongitude(20.0);
        locationManager.setTestProviderLocation("Test", location);

        // Check if your listener reacted the right way

        locationManager.removeTestProvider("Test");
    }
}

For this to work you also need a required permission to the AndroidManifest.xml: