Send spoof locations with DDMS emulator control to

I want to test a GPS application I am developing in my android tablet, so I need to send to it spoof locations from a KML file loading it using DDMS. I want to use a physical device, not the emulator.

The problem is that the Emulator Control section in DDMS is disabled (grayed out) when I select my external device (the app process running) in the devices view. Insted if I select the emulator then the emulator control appears enabled but not with the physical device.

My applicaton has

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_MOCK_LOCATION" />

And my physical tablet is configured with:

USB debugging.
Allow mock locations

I'm using SDK r20 and my tablet has android 4.0.3.

Any ideas?

Thank you very much

回答1:

I've pieced together a solution to this problem.

Go to Settings->Applications->Development and select "Allow mock locations".

Add ACCESS_MOCK_LOCATION permission to AndroidManifest.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_MOCK_LOCATION">

Implement a class which uses the LocationManager.addTestProvider() function. This will indicate to the application that it should use data from a file to construct new Location objects.

New Locations can then be created using the LocationManager.setTestProviderLocation() function.

// start using mock locations
try {
   mockLocationCreator = new MockLocationCreator(this.getApplicationContext());
   try {
       mockLocationCreator.openLocationList();

       mockLocationThread = new Thread(mockLocationCreator);
       mockLocationThread.start();

       Toast.makeText(this.getApplicationContext(), 
                      "Mock locations are in use", 
                      Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
            .show();

   } catch (IOException e) {
       Toast.makeText(this.getApplicationContext(), 
                      "Error: Unable to open / read data file", 
                      Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
            .show();
       mockLocationCreator = null;
   }
} catch(SecurityException e) {
   Toast.makeText(this.getApplicationContext(), 
                  "Error: Insufficient Privileges", 
                   Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
        .show();
   Log.e(TAG, "unable to use mock locations, insufficient privileges", e);
}

Note: It is not possible to send mock locations to a real device from DDMS->Emulator Control->Location Controls regardless of device or manifest permissions as is incorrectly suggested here.

Sources:

Android mock location on device? - information about manifest permissions and alternative solution using the telnet command line, links and code snippets.

Using Mock Locations in Android - more verbose, contains some dead links.

LocationManager Documentation - Official Android documentation

回答2:

For simple spoofing you can use this free version but as you said in your question you want spoof locations from a KML file for that you have to buy pro version