Simulate Location Change in Android Emulator

Start the Emulator

Start a command prompt

Start telnet

Then, type, o localhost 5554

This connects the telnet client to the android emulator (assuming emulator is running locally listening on port 5554. Else this connection fails)

Now type

geo fix 79.000000 13.000000 (or your latitude and longitude)

This sends the location change signal to the emulator.

NOTE: This is useful for applications built using Location APIs in Android and need to work with changes in location

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Android Developers Blog Android 3 0 Platform Preview and Updated SDK Tools

Android Developers Blog: Android 3.0 Platform Preview and Updated SDK Tools

Being in the domain of developing applications for large enterprises, what looks to me as interesting features of Android 3.0:

1. Enhancements for the Enterprise such as encrypted storage and password expiration!

2. And a UI Framework to suit larger screen devices.

Currently any enterprise that develops mobile applications has to duplicate its efforts towards developing and testing on each of the platforms like Android, Windows, Blackberry, iPhone etc. (Though I know there are a host of "write-once, deply on multi-platforms options like AppMobi, Monotouch, Corona from Anscamobile, they need to mature a lot more). I hope this will help in consolidating development effort towards: "write once, run anywhere" for mobile devices.

I am looking at the Android market picking up rapidly and becoming the de-facto JVM equivalent in the mobile space...

How easy could life get with writing an app for one mobile and bingo! it works on all possible mobile devices that exist!! or at least majority of them! :)

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