GPS on Windows Phone 8.1 ? (solved)

jea1768

I cannot make the GPS working on WindowsPhone 8.1 (Sensors are working)
My code works well under Android but not under WP8.1.
I'm using the latest Qt 5.4.0 - not clear if GPS is supported or not with WP8.1 ?

Any idea how to access GPS with WP8.1 ?

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QStringList services = QGeoPositionInfoSource::availableSources();
source = QGeoPositionInfoSource::createDefaultSource(this);
//source = QGeoPositionInfoSource::createSource(services.at(0), this); // services.at(0) = "winrt"

if(source)
{
    source->setPreferredPositioningMethods(QGeoPositionInfoSource::AllPositioningMethods);
    source->setUpdateInterval(2000);
    connect(source, SIGNAL(positionUpdated(QGeoPositionInfo)), this, SLOT(positionUpdated(QGeoPositionInfo)));
    source->startUpdates();
}

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[edit: added missing coding tags @ SGaist]

SGaist

Hi,

AFAIK the plugin is there so it should be working. You should take a look at the "bug report system":http://bugreports.qt-project.org to see if there's something there about that

jea1768

No need of any plugin.

just add
<Capabilities>
<DeviceCapability Name="location"/>
</Capabilities>
right after </Applications> tag in AppxManifest.xml.
and it works.

So, like Android, WP81 needs permissions to access devices.

SGaist

The plugin is still needed (and present) otherwise you wouldn't get any data ;)

mkalinow

Youc an also specify the capabilities to be used inside the pro file, so that you do not need to manually update the Manifest each time. Check http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qmake-variable-reference.html#winrt-manifest for more documentation.

In that specific case add the following to your .pro file:

WINRT_MANIFEST.capabilities_device = location