how to get Location object every 10 minutes in and

Question

please someone give me a code can recover the GPS position or every n minutes, I tested several code but no result

Please someone give me a tutorial or a small program for that, I'm really stuck

public final class TrackListener implements LocationListener {

    private final Context mContext;
    public boolean isGPSEnabled = false;
    boolean isNetworkEnabled = false;
    public boolean canGetLocation = false;

    Location location; // location
    double latitude; // latitude
    double longitude; // longitude
    // The minimum distance to change Updates in meters
    private static final long MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES = 10; // 10 meters
    // The minimum time between updates in milliseconds
    private static final long MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES = 1000 * 60 * 1; // 1 minute
    // Declaring a Location Manager
    protected LocationManager locationManager;

    public TrackListener(Context context) {
        this.mContext = context;
        getLocation();
    }
    public Location getLocation() {
        try {
            locationManager = (LocationManager) mContext
                    .getSystemService(Contexts.LOCATION_SERVICE);
            isGPSEnabled = locationManager
                    .isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);

            Log.v("isGPSEnabled", "=" + isGPSEnabled);
            isNetworkEnabled = locationManager
                    .isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);

            Log.v("isNetworkEnabled", "=" + isNetworkEnabled);

            if (isGPSEnabled == false && isNetworkEnabled == false) {
            } else {
                this.canGetLocation = true;
                if (isNetworkEnabled) {
                    locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(
                            LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER,
                            MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES,
                            MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES, this);
                    Log.d("Network", "Network");
                    if (locationManager != null) {
                        location = locationManager
                                .getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
                        if (location != null) {
                            latitude = location.getLatitude();
                            longitude = location.getLongitude();
                        }
                    }
                }
                if (isGPSEnabled) {
                    if (location == null) {
                        locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(
                                LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER,
                                MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES,
                                MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES, this);
                        Log.d("GPS Enabled", "GPS Enabled");
                        if (locationManager != null) {
                            location = locationManager
                                    .getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
                            if (location != null) {
                                latitude = location.getLatitude();
                                longitude = location.getLongitude();
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return location;
    }
    public void stopUsingGPS() {
        if (locationManager != null) {
            locationManager.removeUpdates(TrackListener.this);
        }
    }
    public double getLatitude() {
        if (location != null) {
            latitude = location.getLatitude();
        }
        return latitude;
    }
    public double getLongitude() {
        if (location != null) {
            longitude = location.getLongitude();
        }
        return longitude;
    }
    public boolean canGetLocation() {
        return this.canGetLocation;
    }
    public void showSettingsAlert() {
        AlertDialog.Builder alertDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(mContext);
        alertDialog.setTitle("GPS is settings");
        alertDialog
                .setMessage("GPS is not enabled. Do you want to go to settings menu?");
        alertDialog.setPositiveButton("Settings",
                new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                        Intent intent = new Intent(
                                "ACTION_LOCATION_SOURCE_SETTINGS");
                        mContext.startActivity(intent);
                    }
                });
        alertDialog.setNegativeButton("Cancel",
                new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                        dialog.cancel();
                    }
                });
        alertDialog.show();
    }

    public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
        if (location != null) {
            latitude = location.getLatitude();
            longitude = location.getLongitude();
        }
    }
    @Override
    public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {
        Toast.makeText(Contexts.getAppContext(), "GPS Disable ",
                Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
    @Override
    public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {
        Toast.makeText(Contexts.getAppContext(), "GPS enabled",
                Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }

    @Override
    public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {
    }

but when calling "getLocation()" in the class activity I find a fatal problem

 04-28 08:41:55.126: W/dalvikvm(16004): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40015560)
    04-28 08:41:55.186: E/AndroidRuntime(16004): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    04-28 08:41:55.186: E/AndroidRuntime(16004): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.testss/com.example.testss.MainActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException
    04-28 08:41:55.186: E/AndroidRuntime(16004):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1647)
    04-28 08:41:55.186: E/AndroidRuntime(16004):    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1663)
    04-28 08:41:55.186: E/AndroidRuntime(16004):    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:117)
    04-28 08:41:55.186: E/AndroidRuntime(16004):    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:931)
    04-28 08:41:55.186: E/AndroidRuntime(16004):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
    04-28 08:41:55.186: E/AndroidRuntime(16004):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
    04-28 08:41:55.186: E/AndroidRuntime(16004):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3683)
    04-28 08:41:55.186: E/AndroidRuntime(16004):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
    04-28 08:41:55.186: E/AndroidRuntime(16004):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
    04-28 08:41:55.186: E/AndroidRuntime(16004):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839)
    04-28 08:41:55.186: E/AndroidRuntime(16004):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597)
    04-28 08:41:55.186: E/AndroidRuntime(16004):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
    04-28 08:41:55.186: E/AndroidRuntime(16004): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
    04-28 08:41:55.186: E/AndroidRuntime(16004):    at com.example.testss.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:27)
    04-28 08:41:55.186: E/AndroidRuntime(16004):    at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
    04-28 08:41:55.186: E/AndroidRuntime(16004):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1611)
    04-28 08:41:55.186: E/AndroidRuntime(16004):    ... 11 more
    04-28 08:46:55.255: I/Process(16004): Sending signal. PID: 16004 SIG: 9

Answer 1

This can be answered in 2 parts.

• calling a background service every 10 mins, using alarm
• Using a LocationManager and LocationListener, choosing between (or both) network and gps provider. If chose network provider, since gps provider takes a hell a long time to connect and I dont need the accuracy of gps. Network provider is accurate upto 250ms (i got 1 bad sample in 5 hours). Keep in mind LocationListener, does not work on Samsung phones (since samsung phones have heavily customized build of Android, and they dont do a thorough job of porting).

OR

• I used a force get my location now kinda call God.locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER)

In addition to the alarm code above, put the following code in the onHandleIntent

@Override
final protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent) {
    mainContext = getApplicationContext() ;
    Location myLocation;
        if (God.locationManager == null)
            God.locationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(LOCATION_SERVICE);
        myLocation = God.locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
        if (myLocation != null)
            onLocationChanged(myLocation);
        else {
            God.notifications.setSpeedNotification();
        }
}

Note : You can choose LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, just be ready to test it under open sky (no clouds) and about 5 mins to sync with 4-5 satellites.