Location Client request location updates with parcelable extras in PendingIntent

Question

I am using LocationClient with PendingIntent to get location updates.

PendingIntent.getService(context, 0, new Intent(context, OnLocationAvail.class), Pendin         


        

Answer 1

The problem was when the LocationClient pushes an update via the callback PendingIntent, the process doesn't has any information of the ClassLoader since it is happening outside the application context and in a different process.

The following link helped me to narrow down the issue. https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6822

Solution:

Use a hack bundle when requesting for an location update.

Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
bundle.putParcelable("com.foo.parcel", some_parcel);
callbackPendingIntent.putExtra("com.foo.bundle",bundle);

When receiving the location update.

Bundle oldBundle = intent.getBundleExtra("com.foo.bundle");      
some_parcel = oldBundle.getParcelable("com.foo.parcel");