Google Map V21, how to programatically stop the automatic location updates? - android

Hello I am using a support map fragment for my Android map. Other than using default settings (no customisation), i noticed out of the box that the map seems to provide location updates automatically i.e. a dot on the map which tells where the user is and periodically updates.
My map fragment is apart of a layout whereby the map fragment visibility can be set to GONE and some other content is shown in its place.
My question is, how do i programmatically stop these location updates? I noticed when the activity which hosts the map fragment goes in a stop state, the location updates stop.
This is the behaviour i want to mimic but for when the visibility of the fragment changes.
In XML
<fragment
android:id="#+id/map"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
class="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment" />
Initialised in code
SupportMapFragment mapFragment = ((SupportMapFragment) getChildFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map));
mapFragment.getMapAsync(this);
Some settings set in onMapReady callback
mGoogleMap.setMyLocationEnabled(true);
mGoogleMap.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_NORMAL);
mGoogleMap.getUiSettings().setZoomControlsEnabled(false);
mGoogleMap.setOnMyLocationButtonClickListener(this);
mGoogleMap.setOnMarkerClickListener(this);

Try this code
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