How to get the current location latitude and longitude in android

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In my application  I get the current location s latitude and longitude when application is open  but not when the application is closed   I am using Service class to get the current location latitude and longitude in my application   Please tell me how to get the current location latitude and longitude even when application is closed

User · Answer

IMPORTANT       Please notice this solution is from 2015 might be too old and deprecated      None of the above worked for me so I made a tutorial and wrote it for myself since I lost many hours trying to implement this  Hope this helps someone   How to use Google Play Services LOCATION API to get current latitude  amp  longitude  1  Add to your AndroidManifest xml file the ACCESS COARSE LOCATION  amp  ACCESS FINE LOCATION        lt manifest xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  package  com example appname   gt            lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS COARSE LOCATION    gt           lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION    gt            lt application      2  Go to app build gradlefile and add the following dependency  make sure to use the latest available version        dependencies             IMPORTANT  make sure to use the newest version  11 0 1 is old AF         compile  com google android gms play-services-location 11 0 1         3  In your activity implement the following        import com google android gms common ConnectionResult      import com google android gms common api GoogleApiClient      import com google android gms common api GoogleApiClient ConnectionCallbacks      import com google android gms common api GoogleApiClient OnConnectionFailedListener      import com google android gms location LocationListener      import com google android gms location LocationRequest      import com google android gms location LocationServices      import com google android gms maps GoogleMap       public class HomeActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements             ConnectionCallbacks              OnConnectionFailedListener              LocationListener              Define a request code to send to Google Play services         private final static int CONNECTION FAILURE RESOLUTION REQUEST   9000          private GoogleApiClient mGoogleApiClient          private LocationRequest mLocationRequest          private double currentLatitude          private double currentLongitude             Override         protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState                super onCreate savedInstanceState               setContentView R layout activity home                mGoogleApiClient   new GoogleApiClient Builder this                         The next two lines tell the new client that    this    current class will handle connection stuff                      addConnectionCallbacks this                       addOnConnectionFailedListener this                        fourth line adds the LocationServices API endpoint from GooglePlayServices                      addApi LocationServices API                       build                    Create the LocationRequest object             mLocationRequest   LocationRequest create                        setPriority LocationRequest PRIORITY HIGH ACCURACY                       setInterval 10   1000            10 seconds  in milliseconds                      setFastestInterval 1   1000      1 second  in milliseconds                      Override         protected void onResume                 super onResume                  Now lets connect to the API             mGoogleApiClient connect                        Override         protected void onPause                 super onPause                Log v this getClass   getSimpleName     onPause                     Disconnect from API onPause               if  mGoogleApiClient isConnected                      LocationServices FusedLocationApi removeLocationUpdates mGoogleApiClient  this                   mGoogleApiClient disconnect                                                      If connected get lat and long                                  Override         public void onConnected Bundle bundle                Location location   LocationServices FusedLocationApi getLastLocation mGoogleApiClient                if  location    null                    LocationServices FusedLocationApi requestLocationUpdates mGoogleApiClient  mLocationRequest  this                  else                     If everything went fine lets get latitude and longitude                 currentLatitude   location getLatitude                    currentLongitude   location getLongitude                     Toast makeText this  currentLatitude     WORKS     currentLongitude       Toast LENGTH LONG  show                                       Override         public void onConnectionSuspended int i               Override         public void onConnectionFailed ConnectionResult connectionResult                                  Google Play services can resolve some errors it detects                 If the error has a resolution  try sending an Intent to                start a Google Play services activity that can resolve                error                              if  connectionResult hasResolution                      try                          Start an Activity that tries to resolve the error                     connectionResult startResolutionForResult this  CONNECTION FAILURE RESOLUTION REQUEST                                                 Thrown if Google Play services canceled the original                        PendingIntent                                           catch  IntentSender SendIntentException e                           Log the error                     e printStackTrace                                    else                                         If no resolution is available  display a dialog to the                    user with the error                                      Log e  Error    Location services connection failed with code     connectionResult getErrorCode                                                     If locationChanges change lat and long                                     param location                      Override         public void onLocationChanged Location location                currentLatitude   location getLatitude                currentLongitude   location getLongitude                 Toast makeText this  currentLatitude     WORKS     currentLongitude       Toast LENGTH LONG  show                       If you need more info just go to   The Beginner   s Guide to Location in Android  Note  This doesn t seem to work in the emulator but works just fine on a device

User · Answer

try this  hope it will help you to get the current location  every time the location changes   public class MyClass implements LocationListener       double currentLatitude  currentLongitude       public void onLocationChanged Location location            currentLatitude   location getLatitude            currentLongitude   location getLongitude

User · Answer

You can use following class as service class to run your application in background

import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.TimerTask;

import android.app.Service;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.IBinder;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MyService extends Service {

    private GPSTracker gpsTracker;
    private Handler handler= new Handler();
    private Timer timer = new Timer();
    private Distance pastDistance = new Distance();
     private Distance currentDistance = new Distance();
    public static double DISTANCE;
    boolean flag = true ;
    private double totalDistance ;
    @Override
    @Deprecated
    public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {

        super.onStart(intent, startId);
        gpsTracker = new GPSTracker(HomeFragment.HOMECONTEXT);
        TimerTask timerTask = new TimerTask() {

            @Override
            public void run() {
                handler.post(new Runnable() {

                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                        if(flag){
                            pastDistance.setLatitude(gpsTracker.getLocation().getLatitude());
                            pastDistance.setLongitude(gpsTracker.getLocation().getLongitude());
                            flag = false;
                        }else{
                            currentDistance.setLatitude(gpsTracker.getLocation().getLatitude());
                            currentDistance.setLongitude(gpsTracker.getLocation().getLongitude());
                            flag = comapre_LatitudeLongitude();
                        }
                        Toast.makeText(HomeFragment.HOMECONTEXT, "latitude:"+gpsTracker.getLocation().getLatitude(), 4000).show();

                    }
                });


            }
        };

        timer.schedule(timerTask,0, 5000);

    }

    private double distance(double lat1, double lon1, double lat2, double lon2) {
          double theta = lon1 - lon2;
          double dist = Math.sin(deg2rad(lat1)) * Math.sin(deg2rad(lat2)) + Math.cos(deg2rad(lat1)) * Math.cos(deg2rad(lat2)) * Math.cos(deg2rad(theta));
          dist = Math.acos(dist);
          dist = rad2deg(dist);
          dist = dist * 60 * 1.1515;
           return (dist);
        }

       private double deg2rad(double deg) {
          return (deg * Math.PI / 180.0);
        }
       private double rad2deg(double rad) {
          return (rad * 180.0 / Math.PI);
   }


    @Override
    public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {

        return null;
    }



    @Override
    public void onDestroy() {

        super.onDestroy();
        System.out.println("--------------------------------onDestroy -stop service ");
        timer.cancel();
        DISTANCE = totalDistance ;
    }
    public boolean comapre_LatitudeLongitude(){

        if(pastDistance.getLatitude() == currentDistance.getLatitude() && pastDistance.getLongitude() == currentDistance.getLongitude()){
            return false;
        }else{

            final double distance = distance(pastDistance.getLatitude(),pastDistance.getLongitude(),currentDistance.getLatitude(),currentDistance.getLongitude());
            System.out.println("Distance in mile :"+distance);
            handler.post(new Runnable() {

                @Override
                public void run() {
                    float kilometer=1.609344f;

                    totalDistance = totalDistance +  distance * kilometer;
                    DISTANCE = totalDistance;
                    //Toast.makeText(HomeFragment.HOMECONTEXT, "distance in km:"+DISTANCE, 4000).show();

                }
            });

            return true;
        }

    }

}

Add One another class to get location

import android.app.Service;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.location.Location;
import android.location.LocationListener;
import android.location.LocationManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.IBinder;
import android.util.Log;

public class GPSTracker implements LocationListener {
private final Context mContext;
boolean isGPSEnabled = false;
boolean isNetworkEnabled = false;
boolean canGetLocation = false;
Location location = null; 
double latitude; 
double longitude; 

private static final long MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES = 10; // 10 meters
private static final long MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES = 1000 * 60 * 1; // 1 minute

protected LocationManager locationManager;
private Location m_Location;
 public GPSTracker(Context context) {
    this.mContext = context;
    m_Location = getLocation();
    System.out.println("location Latitude:"+m_Location.getLatitude());
    System.out.println("location Longitude:"+m_Location.getLongitude());
    System.out.println("getLocation():"+getLocation());
    }

public Location getLocation() {
    try {
        locationManager = (LocationManager) mContext
                .getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);

        isGPSEnabled = locationManager
                .isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);

        isNetworkEnabled = locationManager
                .isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);

        if (!isGPSEnabled && !isNetworkEnabled) {
            // no network provider is enabled
        } 
        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 Enabled");
                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", "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(GPSTracker.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;
}

@Override
public void onLocationChanged(Location arg0) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

}

@Override
public void onProviderDisabled(String arg0) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

}

@Override
public void onProviderEnabled(String arg0) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

}

@Override
public void onStatusChanged(String arg0, int arg1, Bundle arg2) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

}


}

// --------------Distance.java

 public class Distance  {
    private double latitude ;
    private double longitude;
        public double getLatitude() {
            return latitude;
        }
        public void setLatitude(double latitude) {
            this.latitude = latitude;
        }
        public double getLongitude() {
            return longitude;
        }
        public void setLongitude(double longitude) {
            this.longitude = longitude;
        }



}

User · Answer

Use Location Listener Method   Override public void onLocationChanged Location loc    Double lat   loc getLatitude    Double lng   loc getLongitude

User · Answer

Before couple of months  I created GPSTracker library to help me to get GPS locations  In case you need to view GPSTracker   getLocation  Demo  AndroidManifest xml    lt uses-permission android name  android permission INTERNET    gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION    gt    Activity  import android os Bundle  import android app Activity  import android view Menu  import android widget TextView   public class MainActivity extends Activity        TextView textview        Override     protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout geo locations               check if GPS enabled         GPSTracker gpsTracker   new GPSTracker this            if  gpsTracker getIsGPSTrackingEnabled                          String stringLatitude   String valueOf gpsTracker latitude               textview    TextView findViewById R id fieldLatitude               textview setText stringLatitude                String stringLongitude   String valueOf gpsTracker longitude               textview    TextView findViewById R id fieldLongitude               textview setText stringLongitude                String country   gpsTracker getCountryName this               textview    TextView findViewById R id fieldCountry               textview setText country                String city   gpsTracker getLocality this               textview    TextView findViewById R id fieldCity               textview setText city                String postalCode   gpsTracker getPostalCode this               textview    TextView findViewById R id fieldPostalCode               textview setText postalCode                String addressLine   gpsTracker getAddressLine this               textview    TextView findViewById R id fieldAddressLine               textview setText addressLine                     else                          can t get location                GPS or Network is not enabled                Ask user to enable GPS network in settings             gpsTracker showSettingsAlert                          Override     public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu Menu menu               Inflate the menu  this adds items to the action bar if it is present          getMenuInflater   inflate R menu varna lab geo locations  menu           return true            GPS Tracker  import java io IOException  import java util List  import java util Locale   import android app AlertDialog  import android app Service  import android content Context  import android content DialogInterface  import android content Intent  import android location Address  import android location Geocoder  import android location Location  import android location LocationListener  import android location LocationManager  import android os Bundle  import android os IBinder  import android provider Settings  import android util Log          Create this Class from tutorial       http   www androidhive info 2012 07 android-gps-location-manager-tutorial        For Geocoder read this   http   stackoverflow com questions 472313 android-reverse-geocoding-getfromlocation          public class GPSTracker extends Service implements LocationListener           Get Class Name     private static String TAG   GPSTracker class getName         private final Context mContext          flag for GPS Status     boolean isGPSEnabled   false          flag for network status     boolean isNetworkEnabled   false          flag for GPS Tracking is enabled      boolean isGPSTrackingEnabled   false       Location location      double latitude      double longitude          How many Geocoder should return our GPSTracker     int geocoderMaxResults   1          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          Store LocationManager GPS PROVIDER or LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER information     private String provider info       public GPSTracker Context context            this mContext   context          getLocation                          Try to get my current location by GPS or Network Provider             public void getLocation              try               locationManager    LocationManager  mContext getSystemService LOCATION SERVICE                  getting GPS status             isGPSEnabled   locationManager isProviderEnabled LocationManager GPS PROVIDER                  getting network status             isNetworkEnabled   locationManager isProviderEnabled LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER                   Try to get location if you GPS Service is enabled             if  isGPSEnabled                    this isGPSTrackingEnabled   true                   Log d TAG   Application use GPS Service                                           This provider determines location using                    satellites  Depending on conditions  this provider may take a while to return                    a location fix                                       provider info   LocationManager GPS PROVIDER                 else if  isNetworkEnabled       Try to get location if you Network Service is enabled                 this isGPSTrackingEnabled   true                   Log d TAG   Application use Network State to get GPS coordinates                                           This provider determines location based on                    availability of cell tower and WiFi access points  Results are retrieved                    by means of a network lookup                                      provider info   LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER                                  Application can use GPS or Network Provider             if   provider info isEmpty                      locationManager requestLocationUpdates                      provider info                      MIN TIME BW UPDATES                      MIN DISTANCE CHANGE FOR UPDATES                       this                                     if  locationManager    null                        location   locationManager getLastKnownLocation provider info                       updateGPSCoordinates                                                      catch  Exception e                          e printStackTrace                Log e TAG   Impossible to connect to LocationManager   e                                   Update GPSTracker latitude and longitude             public void updateGPSCoordinates             if  location    null                latitude   location getLatitude                longitude   location getLongitude                                    GPSTracker latitude getter and setter         return latitude             public double getLatitude             if  location    null                latitude   location getLatitude                       return latitude                        GPSTracker longitude getter and setter         return             public double getLongitude             if  location    null                longitude   location getLongitude                       return longitude                        GPSTracker isGPSTrackingEnabled getter         Check GPS wifi is enabled             public boolean getIsGPSTrackingEnabled              return this isGPSTrackingEnabled                        Stop using GPS listener        Calling this method will stop using GPS in your app             public void stopUsingGPS             if  locationManager    null                locationManager removeUpdates GPSTracker this                                   Function to show settings alert dialog             public void showSettingsAlert             AlertDialog Builder alertDialog   new AlertDialog Builder mContext              Setting Dialog Title         alertDialog setTitle R string GPSAlertDialogTitle              Setting Dialog Message         alertDialog setMessage R string GPSAlertDialogMessage              On Pressing Setting button         alertDialog setPositiveButton R string action settings  new DialogInterface OnClickListener                   Override             public void onClick DialogInterface dialog  int which                                 Intent intent   new Intent Settings ACTION LOCATION SOURCE SETTINGS                   mContext startActivity intent                                        On pressing cancel button         alertDialog setNegativeButton R string cancel  new DialogInterface OnClickListener                   Override             public void onClick DialogInterface dialog  int which                                 dialog cancel                                       alertDialog show                          Get list of address by latitude and longitude         return null or List lt Address gt              public List lt Address gt  getGeocoderAddress Context context            if  location    null                 Geocoder geocoder   new Geocoder context  Locale ENGLISH                try                                          Geocoder getFromLocation - Returns an array of Addresses                     that are known to describe the area immediately surrounding the given latitude and longitude                                      List lt Address gt  addresses   geocoder getFromLocation latitude  longitude  this geocoderMaxResults                    return addresses                catch  IOException e                      e printStackTrace                    Log e TAG   Impossible to connect to Geocoder   e                                    return null                        Try to get AddressLine         return null or addressLine             public String getAddressLine Context context            List lt Address gt  addresses   getGeocoderAddress context            if  addresses    null  amp  amp  addresses size    gt  0                Address address   addresses get 0               String addressLine   address getAddressLine 0                return addressLine            else               return null                                  Try to get Locality         return null or locality             public String getLocality Context context            List lt Address gt  addresses   getGeocoderAddress context            if  addresses    null  amp  amp  addresses size    gt  0                Address address   addresses get 0               String locality   address getLocality                 return locality                    else               return null                                  Try to get Postal Code         return null or postalCode             public String getPostalCode Context context            List lt Address gt  addresses   getGeocoderAddress context            if  addresses    null  amp  amp  addresses size    gt  0                Address address   addresses get 0               String postalCode   address getPostalCode                 return postalCode            else               return null                                  Try to get CountryName         return null or postalCode             public String getCountryName Context context            List lt Address gt  addresses   getGeocoderAddress context           if  addresses    null  amp  amp  addresses size    gt  0                Address address   addresses get 0               String countryName   address getCountryName                 return countryName            else               return null                        Override     public void onLocationChanged Location location                Override     public void onStatusChanged String provider  int status  Bundle extras                Override     public void onProviderEnabled String provider                Override     public void onProviderDisabled String provider                Override     public IBinder onBind Intent intent            return null            Note  If the method   answer doesn t work  You need to use the official Google Provider   FusedLocationProviderApi    Article  Getting the Last Known Location

User · Answer

The activity should implements LocationListener   In onCreate    write the following code       Boolean network   haveNetworkConnection        Log e  network    ---------- gt     network       if   network            Toast makeText getApplicationContext     Network is not available                   3000  show                SupportMapFragment supportMapFragment    SupportMapFragment  getSupportFragmentManager                findFragmentById R id googleMap       googleMap   supportMapFragment getMap        googleMap setMyLocationEnabled true         LocationManager locationManager    LocationManager  getSystemService LOCATION SERVICE       locationManager requestLocationUpdates LocationManager GPS PROVIDER  30000  0  this               if   locationManager isProviderEnabled LocationManager GPS PROVIDER               amp  amp   locationManager                      isProviderEnabled LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER                 TextView title   new TextView context            title setText  Location Services Not Active                title setBackgroundColor Color BLACK               title setPadding 10  15  15  10               title setGravity Gravity CENTER               title setTextColor Color WHITE               title setTextSize 22                 AlertDialog Builder builder   new AlertDialog Builder this               builder setCustomTitle title                builder setTitle  Location Services Not Active            builder setMessage  Please enable Location Services and GPS             builder setPositiveButton  Turn on                   new DialogInterface OnClickListener                         public void onClick DialogInterface dialogInterface                              int i                               Show location settings when the user acknowledges                            the alert dialog                         Intent intent   new Intent                                  Settings ACTION LOCATION SOURCE SETTINGS                            startActivity intent                           finish                                                       builder setNegativeButton  Cancel                   new DialogInterface OnClickListener                           Override                     public void onClick DialogInterface dialog  int which                               TODO Auto-generated method stub                         dialog cancel                                                       builder show                Criteria criteria   new Criteria        String bestProvider   locationManager getBestProvider criteria  true       Location location   locationManager getLastKnownLocation bestProvider        if  location    null            Toast makeText getApplicationContext     GPS signal not found                   3000  show              if  location    null            Log e  locatin    location--    location            Log e  latitude at beginning                                       location getLatitude             onLocationChanged location           Write a method haveNetworkConnection  private boolean haveNetworkConnection         boolean haveConnectedWifi   false      boolean haveConnectedMobile   false       ConnectivityManager cm    ConnectivityManager  getSystemService Context CONNECTIVITY SERVICE       NetworkInfo   netInfo   cm getAllNetworkInfo        for  NetworkInfo ni   netInfo            if  ni getTypeName   equalsIgnoreCase  WIFI                if  ni isConnected                    haveConnectedWifi   true          if  ni getTypeName   equalsIgnoreCase  MOBILE                if  ni isConnected                    haveConnectedMobile   true            return haveConnectedWifi    haveConnectedMobile        Override public void onLocationChanged Location location          LatLng latLng   new LatLng latitude  longitude       googleMap addMarker new MarkerOptions                position latLng               title  Current LOC                icon BitmapDescriptorFactory                      defaultMarker BitmapDescriptorFactory HUE RED          googleMap moveCamera CameraUpdateFactory newLatLng latLng        googleMap animateCamera CameraUpdateFactory zoomTo 17          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

User · Answer

Here is Android Location library you can find your current location without using Google account or subscription.

Find this link and download repository

https://github.com/mrmans0n/smart-location-lib

Take care and Enjoy...

[android] How to get the current location latitude and longitude in android

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How to use Google Play Services LOCATION API to get current latitude & longitude

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