How to emulate GPS location in the Android Emulato

Question

I want to get longitude and latitude in Android emulator for testing.

Can any one guide me how to achieve this?

How do I set the location of the emulator to a test position?

Answer 1

If the above solutions don't work. Try this:

Inside your android Manifest.xml, add the following two links OUTSIDE of the application tag, but inside your manifest tag of course

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" ></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" ></uses-permission>

Answer 2

For Android Studio users:

run the emulator,

Then, go to Tools -> Android ->Android device monitor

open the Emulator Control Tab, and use the location controls group.

Answer 3

Using the "geo" command in the emulator console

To send mock location data from the command line:

1. Launch your application in the Android emulator and open a terminal/console in your SDK's /tools directory.

2. Connect to the emulator console:

   telnet localhost 5555 (Replace 5555 with whatever port your emulator is running on)

3. Send the location data: * geo fix to send a fixed geo-location.

   This command accepts a longitude and latitude in decimal degrees, and an optional altitude in meters. For example:

   geo fix -121.45356 46.51119 4392
   

Answer 4

I use eclipse plug DDMS function to send GPS.

Answer 5

I was unable to get a GPS fix on the emulator when emulator was running Android image without Google APIs. As soon as I changed the image to contain Google APIs all of the here mentioned ways to get a GPS fix worked.

Make sure you select an image with Google APIs when creating AVD.

Answer 6

In eclipse:

You may have to drag the DDMS window down. 'Location Controls' is located under 'Telephony Actions' and may be hidden by a normally sized console view ( the bar with console, LogCat etc may be covering it!)

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