I am trying to subscribe to location updates via Google's FusedLocationProviderApi. I want to receive updates in the background, so that I will receive updates even if the app is killed. Following the online documentation as best as I can, I've written the following code. Note: this is being done in an intent service, not on the UI thread, which is why I'm using blocking connect/result methods.
private void startLocationServices(String deviceId, int pollingInterval) {
Log.i(TAG, "Starting location services with interval: " + pollingInterval + "ms");
PowerManager powerManager = (PowerManager) getSystemService(POWER_SERVICE);
final PowerManager.WakeLock wakeLock = powerManager.newWakeLock(PowerManager.PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK, TAG);
wakeLock.acquire();
final GoogleApiClient googleApiClient =
new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this)
.addApi(LocationServices.API)
.build();
ConnectionResult result = googleApiClient.blockingConnect();
if (!result.isSuccess() || !googleApiClient.isConnected()) {
Log.e(TAG, "Failed to connect to Google Api");
wakeLock.release();
return;
}
LocationRequest locationRequest = new LocationRequest();
locationRequest.setInterval(pollingInterval);
locationRequest.setFastestInterval(10000);
locationRequest.setPriority(LocationRequest.PRIORITY_BALANCED_POWER_ACCURACY);
Intent locationIntent = new Intent(this, GeoBroadcastReceiver.class);
locationIntent.putExtra(EXTRA_LOCATION_UPDATE_DEVICE_ID, deviceId);
locationIntent.setAction(GeoBroadcastReceiver.ACTION_LOCATION_UPDATE);
PendingIntent locationPendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(
this, 0, locationIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
PendingResult pendingResult = LocationServices.FusedLocationApi
.requestLocationUpdates(googleApiClient, locationRequest, locationPendingIntent);
Result requestResult = pendingResult.await();
Status requestStatus = requestResult.getStatus();
if (requestStatus.isSuccess()) {
Log.i(TAG, "Successfully subscribed to location updates.");
} else {
Log.e(TAG, String.format(
"Failed subscribe to location updates. Error code: %d, Message: %s.",
requestStatus.getStatusCode(),
requestStatus.getStatusMessage()));
}
googleApiClient.disconnect();
wakeLock.release();
}
When I run this, I see that requestStatus.isSuccess()
returns true, indicating that I've successfully subscribed to the location updates. Additionally, The GeoBroadcastReciever
, which extends WakefulBroadcastReceiver
, receives an intent at the correct polling interval, with the correct action. Good so far, it would seem. Here is what I'm doing in the onReceive
method for the GeoBroadcastReceiver
:
if (LocationResult.hasResult(intent)) {
LocationResult locationResult = LocationResult.extractResult(intent);
Location location = locationResult.getLastLocation();
if (location != null) {
GeoMonitoringService.wakefulLocationUpdate(context, location);
} else {
Log.e(TAG, "LocationResult does not contain a LastLocation.");
}
} else {
Log.e(TAG, "Intent does not contain a LocationResult.");
}
The problem is, whenever the intent comes in, it does not contain the LocationResult
, nor does it contain the LocationAvailabilityResult
. I inspected the incoming intent in the debugger, and the only item in the intent's extras is the extra I added when setting up the intent (the device id). As such, LocationResult.hasResult()
returns false. Every single time.
I've tried this on a Galaxy Note 4 running 4.0.1, and a Nexus 4 running 5.1.1, with the same result.
If I disable location on the phone, I stop receiving intents altogether, as expected.