how to serialize for android.location class?

Question

I\'m trying to serialize my location class (using android.location class)

but, it gives me an error!

11-21 21:25:37.337: W/System.err(3152): java.io.         


        

Answer 1

Android's Location class already implements Parcelable. So you are better off with it rather than implementing your own Serialization.

Simply use the following to get bytes out from Location:

Parcel p = Parcel.obtain();
objLocation.writeToParcel(p, 0);
final byte[] b = p.marshall();      //now you've got bytes
p.recycle();

However, you should not save bytes (in persistent storage) from Parecelable object for later use because it is designed for high-performance IPC transport, and is not a general-purpose serialization mechanism.