How to get Current Location in a Android Emulator using Flex

Question

Hi
In the following code I am able to plot the Location using Latitude and Longitude but the requirement is
in an Android Emulator on launch of the application I need google map to display the users current location,
How can this be achieved ??? I tried to get the Latitude and Longitude of the current position using
geoLocation class by I am not able to get that working,
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:View xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
        xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" title="Home">
    <s:layout>
        <s:VerticalLayout />
    </s:layout>
    <fx:Declarations>
        <!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->
    </fx:Declarations>
    <fx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import com.google.maps.LatLng;
            import com.google.maps.MapEvent;
            import com.google.maps.MapType;
            import com.google.maps.controls.PositionControl;
            import com.google.maps.controls.ZoomControl;
            import flash.sensors.Geolocation;
            private var myGeo:Geolocation;
            protected function showBtn_clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
                if(Geolocation.isSupported == 'true')
                    myGeo = new Geolocation();
                    myGeo.setRequestedUpdateInterval(100);
                    myGeo.addEventListener(GeolocationEvent.UPDATE, onUpdate);
                else
                    myTextArea.text = "Device Not Supported";
            private function onUpdate(event:GeolocationEvent):void
                myTextArea.text += "Hi"+ "/n"+ event.latitude.toString() + "/n" +
                    event.longitude.toString();
            protected function myMap_mapevent_mapreadyHandler(event:MapEvent):void
                myMap.setCenter(new LatLng(24,58),9,MapType.NORMAL_MAP_TYPE);
                myMap.addControl(new ZoomControl);
                myMap.addControl(new PositionControl);
        ]]>
    </fx:Script>
    <s:Button id="showBtn" label="Show" click="showBtn_clickHandler(event)"/>
    <s:TextArea id="myTextArea" width="100%" height="50%" />
    <maps:Map id="myMap" width="100%" height="50%"
              xmlns:maps="com.google.maps.*"
              sensor="true"
              key="ABQIAAAA2Fwy6HLBheYSAWRBEZKwEhRLum8XdHegG17d4EymNgK0o7h2qRRWVBVQywiGHEiGtKahjfGW8xxc RA"
              mapevent_mapready="myMap_mapevent_mapreadyHandler(event)"
              url="http://www.xyz.com"/>
</s:View>

Answer 1

Geolocation isn't supported in the Emulator. You'll have to set up a test case that gives the geolocation without relying on the Emulator.