How to get Android GPS location

Question

Cheers, I'm trying to get the current GPS-Location via Android. I followed this Tutorial and Vogellas article aswell. Though it ain't working. When using LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER I'm always getting a latitude of 51 and longitude of 9 - no matter where I stand. When using LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, I'm getting nothing at all.

Though Everything works when using GMaps :S No idea why. How can I get the current GPS Location like GMaps does?

Here's my code:

package com.example.gpslocation;

import android.location.Location;
import android.location.LocationListener;
import android.location.LocationManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;

public class GPS_Location extends Activity implements LocationListener {

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_gps__location);

    LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
    locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 0, 0, this);
}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.gps__location, menu);
    return true;
}

@Override
public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    int latitude = (int) (location.getLatitude());
    int longitude = (int) (location.getLongitude());

    Log.i("Geo_Location", "Latitude: " + latitude + ", Longitude: " + longitude);
}

@Override
public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

}

@Override
public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

}

@Override
public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

}

}

Answer 1

The initial issue is solved by changing lat and lon to double.

I want to add comment to solution with Location location = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(bestProvider); It works to find out last known location when other app was lisnerning for that. If, for example, no app did that since device start, the code will return zeros (spent some time myself recently to figure that out).

Also, it's a good practice to stop listening when there is no need for that by locationManager.removeUpdates(this);

Also, even with permissions in manifest, the code works when location service is enabled in Android settings on a device.

Answer 2

Give it a try :

public LatLng getLocation()
    {
     // Get the location manager
     LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(LOCATION_SERVICE);
     Criteria criteria = new Criteria();
     String bestProvider = locationManager.getBestProvider(criteria, false);
     Location location = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(bestProvider);
     Double lat,lon;
     try {
       lat = location.getLatitude ();
       lon = location.getLongitude ();
       return new LatLng(lat, lon);
     }
     catch (NullPointerException e){
         e.printStackTrace();
       return null;
     }
    }

Answer 3

Excerpt:-

try 
        {
          cnt++;scnt++;now=System.currentTimeMillis();r=rand.nextInt(6);r++;
            loc=lm.getLastKnownLocation(best);
            if(loc!=null){lat=loc.getLatitude();lng=loc.getLongitude();}

            Thread.sleep(100);
            handler.sendMessage(handler.obtainMessage());
         } 
        catch (InterruptedException e) 
        {
            Toast.makeText(this, "Error="+e.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }

As you can see above, a thread is running alongside main thread of user-interface activity which continuously displays GPS lat,long alongwith current time and a random dice throw.

IF you are curious then just check the full code: GPS Location with a randomized dice throw & current time in separate thread

Answer 4

This code have one problem:

int latitude = (int) (location.getLatitude());
int longitude = (int) (location.getLongitude());

You can change int to double

double latitude = location.getLatitude();
double longitude = location.getLongitude();

Answer 5

Here's your problem:

int latitude = (int) (location.getLatitude());
int longitude = (int) (location.getLongitude());

Latitude and Longitude are double-values, because they represent the location in degrees.

By casting them to int, you're discarding everything behind the comma, which makes a big difference. See "Decimal Degrees - Wiki"