GPS Icon Won't Disappear When Activity Destroyed?

Being an Android newbie experimenting with GPS stuff I managed to put together this code and it works just like I expect it to except for one thing, the GPS icon never goes away. H

Solution 1:

I believe it is because you are using MyLocationOverlay and have enableMyLocation():

MyLocationOverlay myLocOverlay = new MyLocationOverlay(this, mapView);
    myLocOverlay.enableMyLocation();
    mapOverlays.add(myLocOverlay);

If you remove that line of code everything will work fine. In the OnPause() you want to call:

myLocOverlay.disableMyLocation();

and in onResume() call:

myLocOverlay.enableMyLocation();

Solution 2:

Following works, provided you store the MyLocOverlay Object as class variable "myLocOverlay" in your Activity. Prefer using onStop() over onPause() to avoid unnecessarily stopping and restarting the localization. onStop() is called when "the activity is no longer visible to the user".

  @Override
    protected void onStop() {
    super.onStop();
    myLocOverlay.disableMyLocation();
    mapOverlays.remove(myLocOverlay);
    }

I do not have enough reputation to write a comment, but: "magaios" answer is wrong as seen in this official example. super.onPause() should be called first.

Solution 3:

You are calling super.onPause() before removing updates! Your Activity is never getting around to it. Switch it around:

locationManager.removeUpdates(this);
super.onPause();