Android getbearing only returns 0.0. Trying to use to rotate current location icon

Question

This is in part an extension to a previous question: Android programming, mapview locationoverlay: how to change the default blue location dot, with another image

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Answer 1

What is location provider? If it NETWORK_PROVIDER, then you won't get bearing, because its accuracy is to low, to detect bearing.

Try your app outside and with GPS_PROVIDER?

Answer 2

Problem solved! Thanks to Aleksejs for your efforts - turned out it was a case of PICNIC.

I had set the GPS to update at the smallest movement, and as the location was jumping around I assumed it should be able to work out bearing and get on with it.

When testing out the result from 'getSpeed()' I noticed bearing working - turns out you have to move a little further than around the garden to give it time to work out your bearing.

Regards

Nick