How to get Android GPS location

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Cheers  I m trying to get the current GPS-Location via Android  I followed this Tutorial and Vogellas article aswell  Though it ain t working  When using LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER I m always getting a latitude of 51 and longitude of 9 - no matter where I stand  When using LocationManager GPS PROVIDER  I m getting nothing at all    Though Everything works when using GMaps  S No idea why  How can I get the current GPS Location like GMaps does   Here s my code   package com example gpslocation   import android location Location  import android location LocationListener  import android location LocationManager  import android os Bundle  import android app Activity  import android content Context  import android util Log  import android view Menu   public class GPS Location extends Activity implements LocationListener     Override protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState        super onCreate savedInstanceState       setContentView R layout activity gps  location        LocationManager locationManager    LocationManager  getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE       locationManager requestLocationUpdates LocationManager GPS PROVIDER  0  0  this       Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu Menu menu           Inflate the menu  this adds items to the action bar if it is present      getMenuInflater   inflate R menu gps  location  menu       return true      Override public void onLocationChanged Location location           TODO Auto-generated method stub      int latitude    int   location getLatitude         int longitude    int   location getLongitude          Log i  Geo Location    Latitude      latitude      Longitude      longitude       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

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Here s your problem   int latitude    int   location getLatitude     int longitude    int   location getLongitude       Latitude and Longitude are double-values  because they represent the location in degrees    By casting them to int  you re discarding everything behind the comma  which makes a big difference  See  Decimal Degrees - Wiki

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This code have one problem   int latitude    int   location getLatitude     int longitude    int   location getLongitude       You can change int to double  double latitude   location getLatitude    double longitude   location getLongitude

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Worked a day for this project  It maybe useful for u  I compressed and combined both Network and GPS  Plug and play directly in MainActivity java  There are some DIY function for display result                                                   LOCATION PACK                    locationManager   LocationManager  for getting LOCATION SERVICE     osLocation   Location  getting location data via standard method     dataLocation  class type storage locztion data       x y   Double  Longtitude  Latitude     location   dataLocation  variable contain absolute location info  Autoupdate after run locationStart        AutoLocation  class help getting provider info     tmLocation   Timer  for running update location over time     LocationStart int interval   start getting location data with setting interval time cycle in milisecond     LocationStart    LocationStart 500      LocationStop    stop getting location data        EX        LocationStart    cycleF new Runnable    public void run   bodyM text  LOCATION  nLatitude      location y    nLongitude      location x  show      500       LocationManager locationManager  Location osLocation  public class dataLocation  double x y   dataLocation location new dataLocation    public class AutoLocation extends Activity implements LocationListener        Override public void onLocationChanged Location p1         Override public void onStatusChanged String p1  int p2  Bundle p3         Override public void onProviderEnabled String p1         Override public void onProviderDisabled String p1        public Location getLocation String provider            if  locationManager isProviderEnabled provider                 locationManager requestLocationUpdates provider 0 0 this               if  locationManager    null                    osLocation   locationManager getLastKnownLocation provider                   return osLocation                                  return null          Timer tmLocation new Timer    public void LocationStart int interval       locationManager    LocationManager  this getSystemService LOCATION SERVICE       final AutoLocation autoLocation   new AutoLocation        tmLocation cycleF new Runnable    public void run                     Location nwLocation   autoLocation getLocation LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER                   if  nwLocation    null                        location y   nwLocation getLatitude                        location x   nwLocation getLongitude                      else                         bodym text  NETWORK LOCATION is loading      show                                      Location gpsLocation   autoLocation getLocation LocationManager GPS PROVIDER                   if  gpsLocation    null                        location y   gpsLocation getLatitude                        location x   gpsLocation getLongitude                          else                         bodym text  GPS LOCATION is loading      show                                         interval     public void LocationStart   LocationStart 500     public void LocationStop   stopCycleF tmLocation                   END     LOCATION PACK                                                                  RUNTIME                  Need library      import java util          delayF r d   execute runnable r after d millisecond      Halt by execute the return  final Runnable rn delayF        new Handler    post rn      cycleF r i   execute r repeatedly with i millisecond each cycle    stopCycleF t   halt execute cycleF via the Timer return of cycleF        EX       delayF new Runnable   public void run    sig  Hi       2000        final Runnable rn delayF new Runnable   public void run    sig  Hi       3000          delayF new Runnable   public void run     new Handler    post rn  sig  Hello       1000        final Timer tm cycleF new Runnable    public void run    sig  Neverend        1000          delayF new Runnable   public void run    stopCycleF tm  sig  Ended       7000      public static Runnable delayF final Runnable r  long delay        final Handler h   new Handler        h postDelayed r  delay       return new Runnable             Override         public void run   h removeCallbacks r             public static Timer cycleF final Runnable r  long interval        final Timer t new Timer        final Handler h   new Handler        t scheduleAtFixedRate new TimerTask                 public void run    h post r               interval  interval       return t    public void stopCycleF Timer t  t cancel   t purge     public boolean serviceRunning Class lt   gt  serviceClass        ActivityManager manager    ActivityManager  getSystemService Context ACTIVITY SERVICE       for  ActivityManager RunningServiceInfo service   manager getRunningServices Integer MAX VALUE             if  serviceClass getName   equals service service getClassName                   return true                      return false                  END     RUNTIME

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The initial issue is solved by changing lat and lon to double   I want to add comment to solution with Location location   locationManager getLastKnownLocation bestProvider   It works to find out last known location when other app was lisnerning for that  If  for example  no app did that since device start  the code will return zeros  spent some time myself recently to figure that out    Also  it s a good practice to stop listening when there is no need for that by locationManager removeUpdates this    Also  even with permissions in manifest  the code works when location service is enabled in Android settings on a device

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Give it a try     public LatLng getLocation                 Get the location manager      LocationManager locationManager    LocationManager  getSystemService LOCATION SERVICE        Criteria criteria   new Criteria         String bestProvider   locationManager getBestProvider criteria  false        Location location   locationManager getLastKnownLocation bestProvider        Double lat lon       try          lat   location getLatitude            lon   location getLongitude            return new LatLng lat  lon               catch  NullPointerException e            e printStackTrace           return null

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Excerpt -  try                      cnt   scnt   now System currentTimeMillis   r rand nextInt 6  r                loc lm getLastKnownLocation best               if loc  null  lat loc getLatitude   lng loc getLongitude                  Thread sleep 100               handler sendMessage handler obtainMessage                         catch  InterruptedException e                         Toast makeText this   Error   e toString    Toast LENGTH LONG  show                As you can see above  a thread is running alongside main thread of user-interface activity which continuously displays GPS lat long alongwith current time and a random dice throw    IF you are curious then just check the full code  GPS Location with a randomized dice throw  amp  current time in separate thread

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