How to get the current location in Google Maps Android API v2

Question

Using   mMap setMyLocationEnabled true    can set the myLocation layer enable  But the problem is how to get the myLocation when the user clicks on the button  I want to get the longitude and latitude

User · Answer

I just found this code snippet simple and functional, try :

public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity implements
    ConnectionCallbacks, OnConnectionFailedListener {
...
@Override
public void onConnected(Bundle connectionHint) {
    mLastLocation = LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.getLastLocation(
            mGoogleApiClient);
    if (mLastLocation != null) {
        mLatitudeText.setText(String.valueOf(mLastLocation.getLatitude()));
        mLongitudeText.setText(String.valueOf(mLastLocation.getLongitude()));
    }
}}

here's the link of the tutorial : Getting the Last Known Location

User · Answer

Have you tried GoogleMap getMyLocation

User · Answer

Ensure that you have turned ON the location services on the device  Else you won t get any location related info   This works for me       map     MapFragment getFragmentManager   findFragmentById R id map   getMap        map setMyLocationEnabled true       GoogleMap OnMyLocationChangeListener myLocationChangeListener   new GoogleMap OnMyLocationChangeListener              Override         public void onMyLocationChange  Location location               LatLng loc   new LatLng  location getLatitude    location getLongitude                map animateCamera CameraUpdateFactory newLatLngZoom loc  16 0f                         map setOnMyLocationChangeListener myLocationChangeListener

User · Answer

the accepted answer works but some of the used methods are now deprecated so I think it is best if I answer this question with updated methods  this is answer is completely from this guide on google developers so here is step by step guide   implement all this in your map activity MapActivity extends FragmentActivity implements OnMapReadyCallback  GoogleApiClient OnConnectionFailedListener  GoogleApiClient ConnectionCallbacks  in your onCreate  private GoogleMap mMap  private Context context  private TextView txtStartPoint txtEndPoint  private GoogleApiClient mGoogleApiClient  private Location mLastKnownLocation  private LatLng mDefaultLocation  private CameraPosition mCameraPosition  private boolean mLocationPermissionGranted    Override protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState    super onCreate savedInstanceState   setContentView R layout activity maps   context   this  mGoogleApiClient   new GoogleApiClient Builder this           enableAutoManage this    FragmentActivity                     this    OnConnectionFailedListener              addConnectionCallbacks this           addApi LocationServices API           addApi Places GEO DATA API           addApi Places PLACE DETECTION API           build    mGoogleApiClient connect        in your onConnected   SupportMapFragment mapFragment    SupportMapFragment      getSupportFragmentManager            findFragmentById map   mapFragment getMapAsync this     in your onMapReady    Override public void onMapReady GoogleMap googleMap    mMap   googleMap      Do other setup activities here too  as described elsewhere in this tutorial      Turn on the My Location layer and the related control on the map  updateLocationUI        Get the current location of the device and set the position of the map  getDeviceLocation        and these two are methods in onMapReady   private void updateLocationUI       if  mMap    null        return     if  ContextCompat checkSelfPermission this getApplicationContext            android Manifest permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION             PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED        mLocationPermissionGranted   true     if  mLocationPermissionGranted        mMap setMyLocationEnabled true       mMap getUiSettings   setMyLocationButtonEnabled true     else       mMap setMyLocationEnabled false       mMap getUiSettings   setMyLocationButtonEnabled false       mLastKnownLocation   null       private void getDeviceLocation     if  ContextCompat checkSelfPermission this getApplicationContext            android Manifest permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION             PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED        mLocationPermissionGranted   true     if  mLocationPermissionGranted        mLastKnownLocation   LocationServices FusedLocationApi              getLastLocation mGoogleApiClient         Set the map s camera position to the current location of the device  float DEFAULT ZOOM   15  if  mCameraPosition    null        mMap moveCamera CameraUpdateFactory newCameraPosition mCameraPosition      else if  mLastKnownLocation    null        mMap moveCamera CameraUpdateFactory newLatLngZoom              new LatLng mLastKnownLocation getLatitude                        mLastKnownLocation getLongitude     DEFAULT ZOOM      else       Log d  quot pouya quot    quot Current location is null  Using defaults  quot        mMap moveCamera CameraUpdateFactory newLatLngZoom mDefaultLocation  DEFAULT ZOOM        mMap getUiSettings   setMyLocationButtonEnabled false          this is very fast   smooth and effective  hope this helps

User · Answer

try this   LocationManager service    LocationManager  getSystemService LOCATION SERVICE   Criteria criteria   new Criteria    String provider   service getBestProvider criteria  false   Location location   service getLastKnownLocation provider   LatLng userLocation   new LatLng location getLatitude   location getLongitude

User · Answer

Only one condition  I tested that it wasn t null was  if you allow enough time to user to touch the  get my location  layer button  then it will not get null value

User · Answer

At the moment GoogleMap getMyLocation   always returns null under every circumstance     There are currently two bug reports towards Google  that I know of  Issue 40932 and Issue 4644   Implementing a LocationListener as brought up earlier would be incorrect because the LocationListener would be out of sync with the LocationOverlay within the new API that you are trying to use     Following the tutorial on Vogella s Site  linked earlier by Pramod J George  would give you directions for the Older Google Maps API   So I apologize for not giving you a method to retrieve your location by that means   For now the locationListener may be the only means to do it  but I m sure Google is working on fixing the issue within the new API     Also sorry for not posting more links  StackOverlow thinks I m spam because I have no rep   ---- Update on February 4th  2013 ----  Google has stated that the issue will be fixed in the next update to the Google Maps API via  Issue 4644   I am not sure when the update will occur  but once it does I will edit this post again    ---- Update on April 10th  2013 ----  Google has stated the issue has been fixed via  Issue 4644   It should work now

User · Answer

The Google Maps API location now works  even has listeners  you can do it using that  for example   private GoogleMap OnMyLocationChangeListener myLocationChangeListener   new GoogleMap OnMyLocationChangeListener          Override     public void onMyLocationChange Location location            LatLng loc   new LatLng location getLatitude    location getLongitude             mMarker   mMap addMarker new MarkerOptions   position loc            if mMap    null               mMap animateCamera CameraUpdateFactory newLatLngZoom loc  16 0f                         and then set the listener for the map   mMap setOnMyLocationChangeListener myLocationChangeListener     This will get called when the map first finds the location   No need for LocationService or LocationManager at all      OnMyLocationChangeListener interface is deprecated    use com google android gms location FusedLocationProviderApi instead  FusedLocationProviderApi provides improved location finding and power usage and is used by the  My Location  blue dot  See the MyLocationDemoActivity in the sample applications folder for example example code  or the Location Developer Guide

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I would rather use FusedLocationApi since OnMyLocationChangeListener is deprecated   First declare these 3 variables   private LocationRequest  mLocationRequest  private GoogleApiClient  mGoogleApiClient  private LocationListener mLocationListener    Define methods    private void initGoogleApiClient Context context        mGoogleApiClient   new GoogleApiClient Builder context  addApi LocationServices API  addConnectionCallbacks new GoogleApiClient ConnectionCallbacks                  Override         public void onConnected Bundle bundle                        mLocationRequest   LocationRequest create                mLocationRequest setPriority LocationRequest PRIORITY HIGH ACCURACY               mLocationRequest setInterval 1000                setLocationListener                        Override         public void onConnectionSuspended int i                        Log i  LOG TAG    onConnectionSuspended                     build         if  mGoogleApiClient    null          mGoogleApiClient connect        private void setLocationListener         mLocationListener   new LocationListener                  Override         public void onLocationChanged Location location                        String lat   String valueOf location getLatitude                 String lon   String valueOf location getLongitude                 Log i  LOG TAG    Latitude       lat     Longitude       lon                         LocationServices FusedLocationApi requestLocationUpdates mGoogleApiClient  mLocationRequest  mLocationListener      private void removeLocationListener         LocationServices FusedLocationApi removeLocationUpdates mGoogleApiClient  mLocationListener        initGoogleApiClient   is used to initialize GoogleApiClient object setLocationListener   is used to setup location change listener removeLocationListener   is used to remove the listener   Call initGoogleApiClient method to start the code working     Don t forget to remove the listener  mLocationListener  at the end to avoid memory leak issues

User · Answer

It will give the current location   mMap setMyLocationEnabled true   Location userLocation   mMap getMyLocation            LatLng myLocation   null          if  userLocation    null                myLocation   new LatLng userLocation getLatitude                        userLocation getLongitude                 mMap animateCamera CameraUpdateFactory newLatLngZoom myLocation                      mMap getMaxZoomLevel  -5

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Try This         public class MyLocationListener implements LocationListener      Override  public void onLocationChanged Location loc     loc getLatitude     loc getLongitude     String Text      My current location is            Latitud         loc getLatitude         Longitud         loc getLongitude     Toast makeText  getApplicationContext   Text    Toast LENGTH SHORT  show       tvlat setText        loc getLatitude      tvlong setText        loc getLongitude      this gpsCurrentLocation

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try this  if  ContextCompat checkSelfPermission this  Manifest permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION                     PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED        mMap setMyLocationEnabled true     else          Show rationale and request permission

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To get the location when the user clicks on a button call this method in the onClick-   void getCurrentLocation         Location myLocation    mMap getMyLocation        if myLocation  null                double dLatitude   myLocation getLatitude            double dLongitude   myLocation getLongitude            Log i  APPLICATION        dLatitude           Log i  APPLICATION        dLongitude           mMap addMarker new MarkerOptions   position                  new LatLng dLatitude  dLongitude   title  My Location   icon BitmapDescriptorFactory fromBitmap Utils getBitmap  pointer icon png               mMap moveCamera CameraUpdateFactory newLatLngZoom new LatLng dLatitude  dLongitude   8               else               Toast makeText this   Unable to fetch the current location   Toast LENGTH SHORT  show               Also make sure that the      setMyLocationEnabled   is set to true   Try and see if this works

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