Listen to location access disable/enable in settin

Question

In Android OS, in "Settings" --> "Location services", there is a toggle button named "Access to my location" which can be used to disable & enable location info access from apps.

Currently, I am developing a location service application. I am wondering, how can I listen to this setting in my Android project? Is there any broadcast receiver I can use to know right away when user disable or enable "Access to my location" ?

If there isn't any broadcast receiver for it, how can I listen to this change in my Android project?

Answer 1

This works for me:

Add receiver to the Manifest file:

<receiver
        android:name="com.eegeo.location.LocationProviderChangedReceiver">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.location.PROVIDERS_CHANGED" />
        </intent-filter>
    </receiver>

Check both location providers in receiver:

public class LocationProviderChangedReceiver  extends BroadcastReceiver{

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {

        boolean anyLocationProv = false;
        LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager) MyMainActivity.context.getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);

        anyLocationProv |= locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
        anyLocationProv |=  locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);

        Log.i("", "Location service status" + anyLocationProv);


    }

}

Though this receiver is called more than once due to obvious reasons, but this will tell you the status.

Answer 2

You can use the below code to check whether Location Service Enable or not

 LocationManager lm = null;
 boolean gps_enabled,network_enabled;
    if(lm==null)
        lm = (LocationManager) context.getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
    try{
    gps_enabled = lm.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
    }catch(Exception ex){}
    try{
    network_enabled = lm.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
    }catch(Exception ex){}

   if(!gps_enabled && !network_enabled){
        dialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(context);
        dialog.setMessage(context.getResources().getString(R.string.gps_network_not_enabled));
        dialog.setPositiveButton(context.getResources().getString(R.string.open_location_settings), new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onClick(DialogInterface paramDialogInterface, int paramInt) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                Intent myIntent = new Intent( Settings.ACTION_SECURITY_SETTINGS );
                context.startActivity(myIntent);
                //get gps
            }
        });
        dialog.setNegativeButton(context.getString(R.string.Cancel), new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onClick(DialogInterface paramDialogInterface, int paramInt) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub

            }
        });
        dialog.show();

    }

Answer 3

You can do it much simpler this way. In your BroadcastReceiver's onReceive() method:

    ContentResolver contentResolver = getContext().getContentResolver();
    // Find out what the settings say about which providers are enabled
    int mode = Settings.Secure.getInt(
            contentResolver, Settings.Secure.LOCATION_MODE, Settings.Secure.LOCATION_MODE_OFF);

    if (mode == Settings.Secure.LOCATION_MODE_OFF) {
        // Location is turned OFF!
    } else {
        // Location is turned ON!
    }

~Thanks to this code: LocationManagerTest.java