I would have thought that requesting the "lastKnownLocation" would return a saved coordinate (GeoPoint) that points to the last known location of the device (from when it last had access to the GPS functionalities).
According to some tests (made on OSMDroid's GpsMyLocationProvider), it seems like requesting that location returns a NullPointer.
GpsMyLocationProvider provider = new GpsMyLocationProvider(MainActivity.mainActivity);
provider.addLocationSource(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
locationOverlay = new MyLocationNewOverlay(provider, map);
I've been trying to set up default GeoPoint for centering the map when it is first launched, and then recentering the map where the GPS now has confirmed a position.
The problem is that provider.getLastKnownLocation() returns a NullPointer exception unless it is given time to actually get the current location from the GPS.
What am I getting wrong here? Shouldn't the "last known location" be a GeoPoint that is saved in memory on the phone and always have something there, unless the phone never ever had access to GPS localization ?
Please see https://developer.android.com/training/location/retrieve-current
You must set the permissions correctly too. Note that at the bottom they describe why the location may be null so see these for troubleshooting.
If you're using an emulator see How to emulate GPS location in the Android Emulator?