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Enable Gps automatically if it is turned off. Similar to what OLA cab does. However to comply with policy it shows a popup to user with OK and CANCEL button. Still its better than showing location setting screen to user
package com.irinnovative.enablegps;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.IntentSender;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
import com.google.android.gms.common.api.GoogleApiClient;
import com.google.android.gms.common.api.PendingResult;
import com.google.android.gms.common.api.ResultCallback;
import com.google.android.gms.common.api.Status;
import com.google.android.gms.location.LocationRequest;
import com.google.android.gms.location.LocationServices;
import com.google.android.gms.location.LocationSettingsRequest;
import com.google.android.gms.location.LocationSettingsResult;
import com.google.android.gms.location.LocationSettingsStates;
import com.google.android.gms.location.LocationSettingsStatusCodes;
import butterknife.ButterKnife;
import butterknife.OnClick;
public class TestActivity extends Activity implements GoogleApiClient.ConnectionCallbacks, GoogleApiClient.OnConnectionFailedListener {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_test);
// Bind your views manually here
ButterKnife.bind(this);
}
@OnClick(R.id.btnClick)
public void onClick() {
EnableGPSAutoMatically();
}
private void EnableGPSAutoMatically() {
GoogleApiClient googleApiClient = null;
if (googleApiClient == null) {
googleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this)
.addApi(LocationServices.API).addConnectionCallbacks(this)
.addOnConnectionFailedListener(this).build();
googleApiClient.connect();
LocationRequest locationRequest = LocationRequest.create();
locationRequest.setPriority(LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY);
locationRequest.setInterval(30 * 1000);
locationRequest.setFastestInterval(5 * 1000);
LocationSettingsRequest.Builder builder = new LocationSettingsRequest.Builder()
.addLocationRequest(locationRequest);
// **************************
builder.setAlwaysShow(true); // this is the key ingredient
// **************************
PendingResult<LocationSettingsResult> result = LocationServices.SettingsApi
.checkLocationSettings(googleApiClient, builder.build());
result.setResultCallback(new ResultCallback<LocationSettingsResult>() {
@Override
public void onResult(LocationSettingsResult result) {
final Status status = result.getStatus();
final LocationSettingsStates state = result
.getLocationSettingsStates();
switch (status.getStatusCode()) {
case LocationSettingsStatusCodes.SUCCESS:
toast("Success");
// All location settings are satisfied. The client can
// initialize location
// requests here.
break;
case LocationSettingsStatusCodes.RESOLUTION_REQUIRED:
toast("GPS is not on");
// Location settings are not satisfied. But could be
// fixed by showing the user
// a dialog.
try {
// Show the dialog by calling
// startResolutionForResult(),
// and check the result in onActivityResult().
status.startResolutionForResult(TestActivity.this, 1000);
} catch (IntentSender.SendIntentException e) {
// Ignore the error.
}
break;
case LocationSettingsStatusCodes.SETTINGS_CHANGE_UNAVAILABLE:
toast("Setting change not allowed");
// Location settings are not satisfied. However, we have
// no way to fix the
// settings so we won't show the dialog.
break;
}
}
});
}
}
@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
if (requestCode == 1000) {
if(resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK){
String result=data.getStringExtra("result");
}
if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_CANCELED) {
//Write your code if there's no result
}
}
}
@Override
public void onConnected(@Nullable Bundle bundle) {
}
@Override
public void onConnectionSuspended(int i) {
toast("Suspended");
}
@Override
public void onConnectionFailed(@NonNull ConnectionResult connectionResult) {
toast("Failed");
}
private void toast(String message) {
try {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), message, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
} catch (Exception ex) {
log("Window has been closed");
}
}
}
@parthvora25
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can this be done via fragment call and getActivity Result in fragment?

@javiddeveloper
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can we do this in background
Hi yes, I did this with a good way.

@smasish
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smasish commented Jul 18, 2019

After turn on GPS, how can I trun off programatically using same code?

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