title: android emulator geo fix is unable to set gps location
body: <p>I'm currently testing gps locations in Android(with SDK Tools rev 21.0.1. I tried the standard procedure:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Create an emulator with GPS enabled(tried multiple version, from 2.1 to 4.2)</li>
  <li>Start the emulator</li>
  <li>telnet to localhost:5554</li>
  <li>Type geo fix long lat</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>In theory, this should set the gps to  . </p>
  
  <p>But the following signs indicate the location is not properly set:</p>
  
  <p><strong>1. When I go to maps.google.com or open Google map, it always complains that cannot decide my location and they always ask me to switch on wifi</strong>.</p>
  
  <p><strong>2. The GPS never seems to be activated -- no icons on the status bar.</strong></p>
  
  <p>Also, I tried DDMS(which is deprecated and of course I tried Monitor as well). Nothing seems to happen.</p>
  
  <p>I went previous links pointed here:
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3858743/location-not-being-updated-on-new-geo-fix-in-android-emulator">Location not being updated on new geo fix in android emulator</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4745670/android-unable-to-get-the-gps-location-on-the-emulator">Android - Unable to get the gps location on the emulator</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/896889/gps-on-emulator-doesnt-get-the-geo-fix-android">GPS on emulator doesn&#39;t get the geo fix - Android</a></p>
  
  <p>But all those links do not seem to help. There are some bug report on android project page:
  <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13046" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13046</a></p>
  
  <p>but it was a pretty old issue and a final solution wasn't reached.</p>
  
  <p>I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced similar issue and please offer some help. Thanks.</p>