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Blackberry - change latitude and longitude on the device to test app


I want to test my app on the device. Is it possible to hard code the latitude and longitude values somewhere in the device settings so the app reads those instead of the current location?

I want to test my app for different locations other than my current location.


Solution

  • Inside GPS mockup

    If you have access to your application code, you can always create a mockup implementation for LocationProvider so it will read location and speed data from file or RecordStore and return it as a Location, something like

    public class MockupLocationProvider extends LocationProvider {
    
        public MockupLocationProvider() {
            //prepare a file or RecordStore with locations here
        }
    
        public Location getLocation(int arg0) throws LocationException,
                InterruptedException {      
            //read data from file or RecordStore
            double latitude = 321;
            double longitude = 34;
            float altitude = 21;
            //create and return location
            Location result = new GPSLocation(latitude, 
                longitude, altitude);       
            return result;
        }
    
        public int getState() {
            // mockup location provider always available 
            return LocationProvider.AVAILABLE;
        }
    
        public void reset() {
            // your code        
        }
    
        public void setLocationListener(LocationListener listener, 
                int interval, int timeout, int maxAge) {
            // your code        
        }
    }
    

    and mockup for your Location

    public class GPSLocation extends Location {    
        double _latitude, _longitude;
        float _altitude, _horAcc = 0, _verAcc = 0, _speed;
        public GPSLocation(double lat, double lon, float alt) {
            init(lat, lon, alt);
        }    
        public GPSLocation(double lat, double lon, float alt, float spd) {
            init(lat, lon, alt);
            _speed = spd;
        }    
        private void init(double lat, double lon, float alt) {
            _latitude = lat;
            _longitude = lon;
            _altitude = alt;
        }    
        public QualifiedCoordinates getQualifiedCoordinates() {
            QualifiedCoordinates c = new QualifiedCoordinates(_latitude,
                    _longitude, _altitude, _horAcc, _verAcc);
            return c;
        }    
        public float getSpeed() {
            return _speed;
        }    
        public String toString() {
            String result = "Lat:" + String.valueOf(_latitude) + "|Lon:"
                    + String.valueOf(_longitude) + "|Alt:"
                    + String.valueOf(_altitude);
            return result;
        }
    }
    

    Then somewhere on the screen

        MockupLocationProvider gpsProvider = new MockupLocationProvider();
        GPSLocation loc = (GPSLocation)gpsProvider.getLocation(0);
        add(new RichTextField(loc.toString())); 
    

    Outside GPS mockup

    Another option is to generally mockup GPS signals.
    Steps are:

    Other options

    There is a possibility to uncontrolled change of location gps data by shielding gps receiver with some radio-material (like alluminium foil or so) :)