QGeoPositionInfoSource Class

The QGeoPositionInfoSource class is an abstract base class for the distribution of positional updates. More...

Header: #include <QGeoPositionInfoSource>
qmake: QT += positioning
Since: Qt 5.2
Inherits: QObject
Inherited By:

QNmeaPositionInfoSource

Public Types

enum Error { AccessError, ClosedError, NoError, UnknownSourceError }
enum PositioningMethod { NoPositioningMethods, SatellitePositioningMethods, NonSatellitePositioningMethods, AllPositioningMethods }
flags PositioningMethods

Properties

  • 1 property inherited from QObject

Public Functions

QGeoPositionInfoSource(QObject *parent)
virtual ~QGeoPositionInfoSource()
virtual QGeoPositionInfoSource::Error error() const = 0
virtual QGeoPositionInfo lastKnownPosition(bool fromSatellitePositioningMethodsOnly = false) const = 0
virtual int minimumUpdateInterval() const = 0
QGeoPositionInfoSource::PositioningMethods preferredPositioningMethods() const
virtual void setPreferredPositioningMethods(QGeoPositionInfoSource::PositioningMethods methods)
virtual void setUpdateInterval(int msec)
QString sourceName() const
virtual QGeoPositionInfoSource::PositioningMethods supportedPositioningMethods() const = 0
int updateInterval() const
  • 31 public functions inherited from QObject

Public Slots

virtual void requestUpdate(int timeout = 0) = 0
virtual void startUpdates() = 0
virtual void stopUpdates() = 0
  • 1 public slot inherited from QObject

Signals

void error(QGeoPositionInfoSource::Error)
void positionUpdated(const QGeoPositionInfo &update)
void supportedPositioningMethodsChanged()
void updateTimeout()

Static Public Members

QStringList availableSources()
QGeoPositionInfoSource *createDefaultSource(QObject *parent)
QGeoPositionInfoSource *createSource(const QString &sourceName, QObject *parent)
const QMetaObject staticMetaObject
  • 9 static public members inherited from QObject

Additional Inherited Members

  • 9 protected functions inherited from QObject

Detailed Description

The QGeoPositionInfoSource class is an abstract base class for the distribution of positional updates.

The static function QGeoPositionInfoSource::createDefaultSource() creates a default position source that is appropriate for the platform, if one is available. Otherwise, QGeoPositionInfoSource will check for available plugins that implement the QGeoPositionInfoSourceFactory interface.

Users of a QGeoPositionInfoSource subclass can request the current position using requestUpdate(), or start and stop regular position updates using startUpdates() and stopUpdates(). When an update is available, positionUpdated() is emitted. The last known position can be accessed with lastKnownPosition().

If regular position updates are required, setUpdateInterval() can be used to specify how often these updates should be emitted. If no interval is specified, updates are simply provided whenever they are available. For example:


  // Emit updates every 10 seconds if available
  QGeoPositionInfoSource *source = QGeoPositionInfoSource::createDefaultSource(0);
  if (source)
      source->setUpdateInterval(10000);

To remove an update interval that was previously set, call setUpdateInterval() with a value of 0.

Note that the position source may have a minimum value requirement for update intervals, as returned by minimumUpdateInterval().

Member Type Documentation

enum QGeoPositionInfoSource::Error

The Error enumeration represents the errors which can occur.

ConstantValueDescription
QGeoPositionInfoSource::AccessError0The connection setup to the remote positioning backend failed because the application lacked the required privileges.
QGeoPositionInfoSource::ClosedError1The remote positioning backend closed the connection, which happens for example in case the user is switching location services to off. As soon as the location service is re-enabled regular updates will resume.
QGeoPositionInfoSource::NoError3No error has occurred.
QGeoPositionInfoSource::UnknownSourceError2An unidentified error occurred.

enum QGeoPositionInfoSource::PositioningMethod
flags QGeoPositionInfoSource::PositioningMethods

Defines the types of positioning methods.

ConstantValueDescription
QGeoPositionInfoSource::NoPositioningMethods0x00000000None of the positioning methods.
QGeoPositionInfoSource::SatellitePositioningMethods0x000000ffSatellite-based positioning methods such as GPS or GLONASS.
QGeoPositionInfoSource::NonSatellitePositioningMethods0xffffff00Other positioning methods such as 3GPP cell identifier or WiFi based positioning.
QGeoPositionInfoSource::AllPositioningMethods0xffffffffSatellite-based positioning methods as soon as available. Otherwise non-satellite based methods.

The PositioningMethods type is a typedef for QFlags<PositioningMethod>. It stores an OR combination of PositioningMethod values.

Property Documentation

minimumUpdateInterval : const int

This property holds the minimum time (in milliseconds) required to retrieve a position update.

This is the minimum value accepted by setUpdateInterval() and requestUpdate().

Access functions:

virtual int minimumUpdateInterval() const = 0

sourceName : const QString

This property holds the unique name of the position source implementation in use.

This is the same name that can be passed to createSource() in order to create a new instance of a particular position source implementation.

Access functions:

QString sourceName() const

updateInterval : int

This property holds the requested interval in milliseconds between each update.

If the update interval is not set (or is set to 0) the source will provide updates as often as necessary.

If the update interval is set, the source will provide updates at an interval as close to the requested interval as possible. If the requested interval is less than the minimumUpdateInterval(), the minimum interval is used instead.

Changes to the update interval will happen as soon as is practical, however the time the change takes may vary between implementations. Whether or not the elapsed time from the previous interval is counted as part of the new interval is also implementation dependent.

The default value for this property is 0.

Note: Subclass implementations must call the base implementation of setUpdateInterval() so that updateInterval() returns the correct value.

Access functions:

int updateInterval() const
virtual void setUpdateInterval(int msec)

Member Function Documentation

QGeoPositionInfoSource::QGeoPositionInfoSource(QObject *parent)

Creates a position source with the specified parent.

[virtual] QGeoPositionInfoSource::~QGeoPositionInfoSource()

Destroys the position source.

[static] QStringList QGeoPositionInfoSource::availableSources()

Returns a list of available source plugins. This includes any default backend plugin for the current platform.

[static] QGeoPositionInfoSource *QGeoPositionInfoSource::createDefaultSource(QObject *parent)

Creates and returns a position source with the given parent that reads from the system's default sources of location data, or the plugin with the highest available priority.

Returns 0 if the system has no default position source, no valid plugins could be found or the user does not have the permission to access the current position.

[static] QGeoPositionInfoSource *QGeoPositionInfoSource::createSource(const QString &sourceName, QObject *parent)

Creates and returns a position source with the given parent, by loading the plugin named sourceName.

Returns 0 if the plugin cannot be found.

[pure virtual] QGeoPositionInfoSource::Error QGeoPositionInfoSource::error() const

[signal] void QGeoPositionInfoSource::error(QGeoPositionInfoSource::Error)

Note: Signal error is overloaded in this class. To connect to this signal by using the function pointer syntax, Qt provides a convenient helper for obtaining the function pointer as shown in this example:


  connect(geoPositionInfoSource, QOverload<QGeoPositionInfoSource::Error>::of(&QGeoPositionInfoSource::error),
      [=](QGeoPositionInfoSource::Error ){ /* ... */ });

[pure virtual] QGeoPositionInfo QGeoPositionInfoSource::lastKnownPosition(bool fromSatellitePositioningMethodsOnly = false) const

[signal] void QGeoPositionInfoSource::positionUpdated(const QGeoPositionInfo &update)

QGeoPositionInfoSource::PositioningMethods QGeoPositionInfoSource::preferredPositioningMethods() const

Returns the positioning methods set by setPreferredPositioningMethods().

See also setPreferredPositioningMethods().

[pure virtual slot] void QGeoPositionInfoSource::requestUpdate(int timeout = 0)

[virtual] void QGeoPositionInfoSource::setPreferredPositioningMethods(QGeoPositionInfoSource::PositioningMethods methods)

Sets the preferred positioning methods for this source to methods.

If methods includes a method that is not supported by the source, the unsupported method will be ignored.

If methods does not include a single method available/supported by the source, the preferred methods will be set to the set of methods which the source has available. If the source has no method availabe (e.g. because its Location service is turned off or it does not offer a Location service), the passed methods are accepted as they are.

Note: When reimplementing this method, subclasses must call the base method implementation to ensure preferredPositioningMethods() returns the correct value.

See also preferredPositioningMethods() and supportedPositioningMethods().

[pure virtual slot] void QGeoPositionInfoSource::startUpdates()

[pure virtual slot] void QGeoPositionInfoSource::stopUpdates()

[pure virtual] QGeoPositionInfoSource::PositioningMethods QGeoPositionInfoSource::supportedPositioningMethods() const

[signal] void QGeoPositionInfoSource::supportedPositioningMethodsChanged()

[signal] void QGeoPositionInfoSource::updateTimeout()