I am working on location based application for android .In that i want to check GPS is enabled in my mobile or not.If enabled means find the location based on GPS otherwise i want to check after five minutes again disabled means i want to find the location using network provider
Please any one give me Idea for that with some sample code.
Start here. I am not using a timer like you want so here is a post where it is being used as you are describing.
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I want to check all the time when the app is running, that location of mobile is on or not.
Because I don't want to let client turn the location off when use my application.
I know how to check GPS is on or not for one time but I don't know how to check that all time.
I have checked and searched a lot but I couldn't find anything useful
I want an image of my user's location to show up on a map every time he/she logs in - and to only update the location after the user exits the app then reopens it. While he is in the page with the map the location should stay constant.
Can I achieve this without GPS? I haven't been able to find much about it online.
Thanks in advance for any insight
This is a similar post where it's explained how to use network instead of GPS
If you have the users IP addresses then you should be able to get the location of the IP by using a service (e.g. https://www.iplocation.net/). But this location is of course not very accurate especially for example when users are located for example in country A but use a VPN in country B (then the location inside country B will be shown to you) but it may be suitable for your scenario.
I think Skyhook is what you are looking for.
I want to create a app which send users current location when user click on send button .
If gps is on than it will send the location, if gps is off then it automatically start the gps and then send location...
Manifest permissions is not a problem, problem is that it should not pop up dialogue to start gps when it is off..
Please help me, i really need help..
I want to know that is it possible?
If yes then a provide useful link or code or any kind of hint..
Thank you :)
There are a lot of other threads discussing this, and the general consensus is that it shouldn't be possible, even though on some versions there are exploits that allow it.
However, this doesn't seem to be ethical, since you are violating your users privacy by not allowing them to choose whether or not they want to share their location.
How can I enable or disable the GPS programmatically on Android?
Turning on and off GPS programmatically in android 4.0 and above?
ICS Android enable gps programmatically?
I am making a small app, when the user clicks the button the app gets the users location and opens Google maps.
The problem is, if the users mobile doesn't have GPS enabled , then enables it and clicks the button again, this method will return null:
location = service.getLastKnownLocation(provider);
When I wait after enabling GPS and then click the button, the method will work correctly and return the location.
How can I solve this problem?
why need to wait some second after enable GPS,to work?
It's because when you enable GPS it'll fix position of Satellite and based on that you'll able to get Location.
It is obviously a default behaviour, when you stop GPS and start it again, there is a small gap between start and stop, at that point, GPS will do its task, to get satellite data and after that it will provide you location. If we want to drive fast then we must need to start from 1st gear, same behaviour GPS doing.
As the answers mention above, the device will get the location after a while. If you are in the middle of a flow, you can show a ProgressSpinner and poll getLastKnownLocation() for x seconds to get a location.
If you hadn't used GooglePlayServicesClient try this to get user location.
It is the fastest way to get current lat long.
For reference and code use the following link.
http://developer.android.com/training/location/retrieve-current.html
Hop i helped you.
I am developing an Android applicaiton that tracks the user through GPS. I am able to get the location of the user when the location is changed by implementing the "onLocationChanged()" in every specified time and distance. But the problem is, i need to get the user location after every specified time even when the locationof the user is not changed. How can i accomplish this. Can you help me ?