I think what you are looking for is something like this. There is a version of LocationManager.requestLocationUpdates() that takes a PendingIntent as a parameter, and this Intent could be used to fire a BroadcastReceiver. This code will register a custom broadcast to fire with the location updates. Intent intent = new Intent(“UNIQUE_BROADCAST_ACTION_STRING_HERE”); LocationManager manager = … Read more
UPDATE 3: Prompt the user to change location settings as @patrickandroid, mentioned in comments, the link from second update is broken GoogleSamples; android Location and options – for code reference. UPDATE 2: GoogleSamples; – for code reference. This sample builds on the LocationUpdates sample included in this repo, and allows the user to update the … Read more
Before couple of months, I created GPSTracker library to help me to get GPS locations. In case you need to view GPSTracker > getLocation Demo AndroidManifest.xml <uses-permission android:name=”android.permission.INTERNET” /> <uses-permission android:name=”android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION” /> Activity import android.os.Bundle; import android.app.Activity; import android.view.Menu; import android.widget.TextView; public class MainActivity extends Activity { TextView textview; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { … Read more
First you need to create a Service. In that Service, create a class extending LocationListener. For this, use the following code snippet of Service: public class LocationService extends Service { public static final String BROADCAST_ACTION = “Hello World”; private static final int TWO_MINUTES = 1000 * 60 * 2; public LocationManager locationManager; public MyLocationListener listener; … Read more
Looks like we’re coding the same application 😉 Here is my current implementation. I’m still in the beta testing phase of my GPS uploader app, so there might be many possible improvements. but it seems to work pretty well so far. /** * try to get the ‘best’ location selected from all providers */ private … Read more
First you need to define a LocationListener to handle location changes. int LOCATION_REFRESH_TIME = 15000; // 15 seconds to update int LOCATION_REFRESH_DISTANCE = 500; // 500 meters to update …. private final LocationListener mLocationListener = new LocationListener() { @Override public void onLocationChanged(final Location location) { //your code here } }; Then get the LocationManager and … Read more
Make a try catch in your code , and give each one of them a error message , so when the error report come to firebase you can find where is the bug.