Confused.. what consitutes an activity ?

[PaulF]

Hi all,
First time user/poster here... Just playing at the moment.
Started with TabHost sample.
Changed the first tab to host a GPS/MapView , this worked great.

But when I try and host a camera preview on the second tab the GPS/map viewer no longer works ?

The third tab now draws a F1 - like accelerometer, and this does work concurrently with the GPS/MapView.

So my question is this, does the camera preview consitiute a second activity which stops/pauses the GPS system ?

Thanks for any help..
paul.

 

[PaulF]

can now get the opposite

Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime As Boolean)
   Activity.LoadLayout("main")
   Dim bmp1, bmp2 As Bitmap
   bmp1 = LoadBitmap(File.DirAssets, "ic.png")
   bmp2 = LoadBitmap(File.DirAssets, "ic_selected.png")
   
   TabHost1.AddTab("Video",   "video")
   TabHost1.AddTab("GPS",      "map")
   TabHost1.AddTab("Accel"  ,   "accel")

   
   If FirstTime Then
 
      Dim ps As PhoneSensors 'This object is only used to access the type constants.
      GSensor.Initialize(ps.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER)
      lblSatellites.TextColor = Colors.Black
      simpleCamera.Initialize(videoHolder,"camera")
      GPS1.Initialize("MyGPS")
   End If

If I change the order of simplecamera.Initialize with GPS1.Initialize etc etc the last one works.
Is it possible to get both Or more to run together ?

 

[PaulF]

So i'm trying to get concurrent camera feed and gps feed , without success. Is this even possible on android ?
I've attached the export zip , if anyone could help.

 

[margret]

I am using B4A 2.02 and running on ICS 4.0.3. It runs fine on my device. All is working as it should be. What device are you running on? You are only running one Activity in your current code. It may be the way you device or Forked OS is handling the App.

 

[PaulF]

Thanks for taking a look. I'm running on a OSF (ZTE Blade) , flashed with Swedish snow RLS3 , a 2.3.5 rom. 2.6.35.7-perf+zte-kernel