I have seen many posts regarding this problem, but none of them offered a solution for me.
I am trying to get the user position through the GPS (or, ultimately, any other valid provider). But I am always getting null locations. I do get a map, and can set an arbitrary location, is the providers that don't work.
I have my MAPS key properly set (also checked that it was the right one), all necessary permissions set (android.permission.INTERNET
, android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
, android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
) and in fact, all seemed to be working just fine yesterday!
I tried getting all possible providers with this code:
List<String> providers = locManager.getAllProviders();
for (String provider : providers) {
printProvider(provider);
}
Which shows all providers (4, in my case) are DummyLocationProviders.
I am trying to run my app on the phone, not the emulator (although I also tried with the emulator, with GPS enabled, to no avail).
This is the code I am using to fetch the location (which, again, worked just fine yesterday):
//Get criteria
Criteria criteria = new Criteria();
criteria.setAccuracy(Criteria.ACCURACY_FINE);
//Get best provider
String bestProvider = locManager.getBestProvider(criteria, false);
printProvider(bestProvider);
//get the current location (last known location) from the location manager
Location location = locManager.getLastKnownLocation(bestProvider);
//if location found display as a toast the current latitude and longitude
if (location != null) {
Toast.makeText(this, "Current location:\nLatitude: " + location.getLatitude() + "\n" + "Longitude: " + location.getLongitude(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
point = new GeoPoint((int) (location.getLatitude()*1E6),(int)(location.getLongitude() *1E6));
controller.animateTo(point);
} else {
Toast.makeText(this, "Cannot fetch current location!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
My manifest file:
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="10"
android:targetSdkVersion="10" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
<application
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name=".activities.MainActivity"
android:label="@string/title_activity_main" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<uses-library android:name="com.google.android.maps" />
<activity
android:name=".activities.GoogleMapsActivity"
android:label="@string/title_activity_maps" >
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".activities.MyMapsActivity"
android:label="@string/title_activity_maps" >
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
Try this code :
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.location.Address;
import android.location.Geocoder;
import android.location.Location;
import android.location.LocationListener;
import android.location.LocationManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.Toast;
import com.google.android.maps.GeoPoint;
import com.google.android.maps.MapActivity;
import com.google.android.maps.MapController;
import com.google.android.maps.MapView;
import com.google.android.maps.Overlay;
public class MyMapsActivity extends MapActivity
{
MapView mapView;
MapController mapController;
LocationManager locationManager;
LocationListener locationListener;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
mapView = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapView);
// enable Street view by default
mapView.setStreetView(true);
// enable to show Satellite view
// mapView.setSatellite(true);
// enable to show Traffic on map
// mapView.setTraffic(true);
mapView.setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
mapController = mapView.getController();
mapController.setZoom(5);
locationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
locationListener = new GPSLocationListener();
locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(
LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 0, 0, locationListener);
Touchy t = new Touchy();
List<Overlay> overlayList = mapView.getOverlays();
overlayList.add(t);
}
@Override
protected boolean isRouteDisplayed() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return false;
}
class Touchy extends Overlay
{
public boolean onTap(GeoPoint point, MapView mapView)
{
Context contexto = mapView.getContext();
String msg = "Latitude : " + point.getLatitudeE6()/1E6 + " - " + "Longitude : " + point.getLongitudeE6()/1E6;
Toast toast = Toast.makeText(contexto, msg, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
toast.show();
return true;
}
}
private class GPSLocationListener implements LocationListener
{
public void onLocationChanged(Location location)
{
if (location != null)
{
GeoPoint point = new GeoPoint((int) (location.getLatitude() * 1E6),(int) (location.getLongitude() * 1E6));
Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(),"Latitude: " + location.getLatitude() + " Longitude: " + location.getLongitude(),
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
mapController.animateTo(point);
mapController.setZoom(5);
mapView.invalidate();
}
if (location != null)
{
GeoPoint point=null;
String address = ConvertPointToLocation(point);
Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), address, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
public String ConvertPointToLocation(GeoPoint point) {
String address = "";
Geocoder geoCoder = new Geocoder(getBaseContext(), Locale.getDefault());
try {
List<Address> addresses = geoCoder.getFromLocation(point.getLatitudeE6() / 1E6,
point.getLongitudeE6() / 1E6, 1);
if (addresses.size() > 0) {
for (int index = 0;
index < addresses.get(0).getMaxAddressLineIndex(); index++)
address += addresses.get(0).getAddressLine(index) + " ";
}
}
catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return address;
}
}
Layout Coding :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<com.google.android.maps.MapView
android:id="@+id/mapView"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:enabled="true"
android:clickable="true"
android:apiKey="Your MAP API Key"/>
<LinearLayout android:id="@+id/zoom"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
Link for getting own API key process :
http://sanathnandasiri.blogspot.in/2011/04/obtaining-google-maps-api-key-for.html
//get the current location (last known location) from the location manager
Location location = locManager.getLastKnownLocation(bestProvider);
use this instead of above line
location = locManager.getLastKnownLocation(bestProvider);
locManager.requestLocationUpdates(bestProvider,0, 0, locationListener);
location = locManager.getLastKnownLocation(bestProvider);
locManager.requestLocationUpdates(bestProvider,0, 0, locationListener);
First time location is null , so set your current location is last location .