For other's benefit, this is the article I was looking for: https://developer.android.com/training/articles/wear-location-detection.html#Request Some wearable devices include a GPS sensor that can retrieve location data without another tethered device. However, when you request location data in a wearable app, you don't have to worry about where the location data originates; the system retrieves the location updates using the most power-efficient method.
Looks like the answer is yes. Nathan On Monday, October 20, 2014 10:39:34 AM UTC-7, Nathan wrote: > > This is probably a simple If Android Wear needs a location, one way to do it > is to contact the mobile app counterpart and request a location and send it > back to the wear device. > > But I was wondering, could one use GoogleApiClient on the wear device and > request the location? I assume it would make the same round trip, if > necessary, but might have the data already. > > In other words, could I get the location via connecting a location client and > calling this method? > > Location getLastLocation (GoogleApiClient > <https://developer.android.com/reference/com/google/android/gms/common/api/GoogleApiClient.html> > client) > > > Or am I oversimplifying it? > > > Nathan > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
