GPS not working in Async Task

Question

I have implemented a simple GPS program that fetches the co-ordinates and displays them on the screen. When I tried to improve on this design and implement an async task, the GP

Answer 1

If you want a dirty and not much sensual way:

mLocationManager = (LocationManager)getActivity().getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
Looper.prepare();
Looper.loop();
if(mLocationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER)){    
  mLocationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, GPS_MINIMUM_TIME, GPS_MINIMUM_DISTANCE, MyFragment.this);
}
Looper.myLooper().quit();

Basically, it makes the current thread, a main thread on which messages will be executed, after shortly you give up this thread being a main thread. I'm not sure of the consequences of this.