Clarify Android OS mock location capability ?

[Justin-Maxwell]

Hi.

I have a tablet I want to use for drone control. The drone app expects an Android GPS data feed (e.g. it reports number of connected satellites), not just the device location, and refuses to launch. I don't really understand why it needs this, but that is beside the point.

I have a working setup, I think, using the "Bluetooth GPS Output" app from 'meowsbox' on my Android phone, and "Bluetooth GNSS" on my tablet. They connect and the satellite data is showing in GNSS.

Am I correct in realizing that Android Mock Location is only providing the position, and does not provide GPS client apps (like GPS Test or the drone app) with full mock GPS data?

If that is the case, may I suggest making this explicit in the Bluetooth GNSS app and its description. Just to save people like me from wasting a couple of hours trying to work out why I can't get it working.

Alternatively, of that conclusion is wrong, is there any way (perhaps via root?) to make the tablet Android OS present the external GPS data from Bluetooth GNSS as it the tablet had built in GPS hardware?