How can I enable or disable the GPS programmatically on Android

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I know that the question about turning on off GPS programatically on android has been discussed many times  and the answer is always the same        You can t for security privacy reasons  you have to forward to location preferences screen and let the user enable disable it     I understand that  however I recently bought Tasker from the market and  among many other things that you can accomplish with it  you can set rules to auto-enable GPS on entering pre-determined applications and disable it on exit  see here for the tutorial on how to do it  and it just works   and this app can t be signed with the firmware signing key as it works on many android versions and different devices and you don t even need to be rooted   I would like to do this in my app  Of course  I don t want to blow up the users privacy  so I would first ask the user if he wants to turn it on automatically with the typical  remember my decision  checkbox and if he answers yes  enable it   Does anybody have any idea or clue on how Tasker achieves this

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This is the best solution provided by Google Developers  Simply call this method in onResume of onCreate after initializing GoogleApiClient    private void updateMarkers         if  mMap    null            return             if  mLocationPermissionGranted               Get the businesses and other points of interest located            nearest to the device s current location           mGoogleApiClient   new GoogleApiClient Builder this                   addApi LocationServices API  build            mGoogleApiClient connect            LocationRequest locationRequest   LocationRequest create            locationRequest setPriority LocationRequest PRIORITY HIGH ACCURACY           locationRequest setInterval 10000           locationRequest setFastestInterval 10000   2            LocationSettingsRequest Builder builder   new LocationSettingsRequest Builder   addLocationRequest locationRequest           builder setAlwaysShow true             LocationSettingsRequest Builder builder   new LocationSettingsRequest                  Builder                    addLocationRequest mLocationRequest           PendingResult lt LocationSettingsResult gt  resultPendingResult   LocationServices                  SettingsApi                  checkLocationSettings mGoogleApiClient  builder build              resultPendingResult setResultCallback new ResultCallback lt LocationSettingsResult gt                   Override             public void onResult  NonNull LocationSettingsResult locationSettingsResult                    final Status status   locationSettingsResult getStatus                    final LocationSettingsStates locationSettingsStates   locationSettingsResult getLocationSettingsStates                    switch  status getStatusCode                          case LocationSettingsStatusCodes SUCCESS                             All location settings are satisfied  The client can                            initialize location requests here                           break                      case LocationSettingsStatusCodes RESOLUTION REQUIRED                             Location settings are not satisfied  but this can be fixed                            by showing the user a dialog                            try                                  Show the dialog by calling startResolutionForResult                                   and check the result in onActivityResult                                status startResolutionForResult                                      MainActivity this                                      PERMISSIONS REQUEST ACCESS FINE LOCATION                             catch  IntentSender SendIntentException e                                   Ignore the error                                                      break                      case LocationSettingsStatusCodes SETTINGS CHANGE UNAVAILABLE                             Location settings are not satisfied  However  we have no way                            to fix the settings so we won t show the dialog                            break                                                          SuppressWarnings  MissingPermission           PendingResult lt PlaceLikelihoodBuffer gt  result   Places PlaceDetectionApi                  getCurrentPlace mGoogleApiClient  null           result setResultCallback new ResultCallback lt PlaceLikelihoodBuffer gt                   Override             public void onResult  NonNull PlaceLikelihoodBuffer likelyPlaces                    for  PlaceLikelihood placeLikelihood   likelyPlaces                           Add a marker for each place near the device s current location  with an                        info window showing place information                      String attributions    String  placeLikelihood getPlace   getAttributions                        String snippet    String  placeLikelihood getPlace   getAddress                        if  attributions    null                            snippet   snippet     n    attributions                                             mMap addMarker new MarkerOptions                                position placeLikelihood getPlace   getLatLng                                 title  String  placeLikelihood getPlace   getName                                 snippet snippet                                         Release the place likelihood buffer                  likelyPlaces release                                    else           mMap addMarker new MarkerOptions                    position mDefaultLocation                   title getString R string default info title                    snippet getString R string default info snippet               Note   This line of code automatic open the dialog box if Location is not on  This piece of line is used in Google Map also   status startResolutionForResult   MainActivity this   PERMISSIONS REQUEST ACCESS FINE LOCATION

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An answer was developed in another question  but it was closed  and I d like the community to try it out as well   boolean gpsStatus   locmanager isProviderEnabled LocationManager GPS PROVIDER   if   gpsStatus        Settings Secure putString getContentResolver    Settings Secure LOCATION PROVIDERS ALLOWED   network gps        See this comment  This solution would require the WRITE SETTINGS and WRITE SECURE SETTINGS permissions

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To turn GPS on or off programatically you need  root  access and BusyBox installed  Even with those  the task is not trivial   Sample s here  Google Drive  Github  Sourceforge  Tested with 2 3 5 and 4 1 2 Androids

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All these answers are not allowed now  Here is the correct one   For all those still looking for the Answer   Here is how OLA Cabs and other such apps are doing it   Add this in your onCreate  if  googleApiClient    null        googleApiClient   new GoogleApiClient Builder this               addApi LocationServices API  addConnectionCallbacks this               addOnConnectionFailedListener Login 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 lt LocationSettingsResult gt  result   LocationServices SettingsApi              checkLocationSettings googleApiClient  builder build         result setResultCallback new ResultCallback lt LocationSettingsResult gt               Override         public void onResult LocationSettingsResult result                final Status status   result getStatus                final LocationSettingsStates state   result                      getLocationSettingsStates                switch  status getStatusCode                  case LocationSettingsStatusCodes SUCCESS                     All location settings are satisfied  The client can                    initialize location                    requests here                  break              case LocationSettingsStatusCodes RESOLUTION REQUIRED                     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 Login this  1000                     catch  IntentSender SendIntentException e                           Ignore the error                                    break              case LocationSettingsStatusCodes SETTINGS CHANGE UNAVAILABLE                     Location settings are not satisfied  However  we have                    no way to fix the                    settings so we won t show the dialog                  break                                      These are the implmented methods    Override public void onConnected Bundle arg0           TODO Auto-generated method stub      Override public void onConnectionSuspended int arg0           TODO Auto-generated method stub      Override public void onConnectionFailed ConnectionResult arg0           TODO Auto-generated method stub      Here is the Android Documentation for the same   This is to help other guys if they are still struggling    Edit  Adding Irfan Raza s comment for more help    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

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You just need to remove the LocationListener from LocationManager   manager removeUpdates listener

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This code works on ROOTED phones if the app is moved to  system aps  and they have the following permissions in the manifest    lt uses-permission android name  android permission WRITE SETTINGS   gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission WRITE SECURE SETTINGS   gt    Code  private void turnGpsOn  Context context        beforeEnable   Settings Secure getString  context getContentResolver                                                  Settings Secure LOCATION PROVIDERS ALLOWED       String newSet   String format    s  s                                      beforeEnable                                     LocationManager GPS PROVIDER       try           Settings Secure putString  context getContentResolver                                       Settings Secure LOCATION PROVIDERS ALLOWED                                     newSet          catch Exception e         private void turnGpsOff  Context context        if  null    beforeEnable            String str   Settings Secure getString  context getContentResolver                                                    Settings Secure LOCATION PROVIDERS ALLOWED           if  null    str                str                 else                               String   list   str split                    str                   int j   0              for  int i   0  i  lt  list length  i                      if   list i  equals  LocationManager GPS PROVIDER                         if  j  gt  0                            str                                                   str    list i                       j                                                beforeEnable   str                      try           Settings Secure putString  context getContentResolver                                       Settings Secure LOCATION PROVIDERS ALLOWED                                     beforeEnable         catch Exception e

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Above correct answer is very old it needs something new so Here is answer  As in last update  we have androidx support so first include dependency in your app level build gradle file  implementation  com google android gms play-services-location 17 0 0    then add in your manifest file    lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS COARSE LOCATION   gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION   gt    don t forget to take user consent for these permissions if you are releasing  now here is code just use it   protected void createLocationRequest         LocationRequest locationRequest   LocationRequest create        locationRequest setInterval 10000       locationRequest setFastestInterval 5000       locationRequest setPriority LocationRequest PRIORITY HIGH ACCURACY        LocationSettingsRequest Builder builder   new LocationSettingsRequest Builder                addLocationRequest locationRequest        SettingsClient client   LocationServices getSettingsClient this       Task lt LocationSettingsResponse gt  task   client checkLocationSettings builder build            task addOnSuccessListener this  new OnSuccessListener lt LocationSettingsResponse gt               Override         public void onSuccess LocationSettingsResponse locationSettingsResponse                   All location settings are satisfied  The client can initialize                location requests here                                  Toast makeText MainActivity this   Gps already open                                              Toast LENGTH LONG  show                Log d  location settings  locationSettingsResponse toString                            task addOnFailureListener this  new OnFailureListener              Override         public void onFailure  NonNull Exception e                if  e instanceof ResolvableApiException                       Location settings are not satisfied  but this can be fixed                    by showing the user a dialog                  try                          Show the dialog by calling startResolutionForResult                           and check the result in onActivityResult                        ResolvableApiException resolvable    ResolvableApiException  e                      resolvable startResolutionForResult MainActivity this                              REQUEST CHECK SETTINGS                     catch  IntentSender SendIntentException sendEx                           Ignore the error                                                         Override protected void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode   Nullable Intent data        super onActivityResult requestCode  resultCode  data        if requestCode  REQUEST CHECK SETTINGS            if resultCode  RESULT OK                Toast makeText this   Gps opened   Toast LENGTH SHORT  show                  if user allows to open gps             Log d  result ok  data toString               else if resultCode  RESULT CANCELED                Toast makeText this   refused to open gps                                             Toast LENGTH SHORT  show                   in case user back press or refuses to open gps             Log d  result cancelled  data toString                         if something goes wrong please ping me

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This one works for me   It is simpler then Rj0078 s  answer in this question  https   stackoverflow com a 42556648 11211963   but that one is worked as well   It shows a dialog like this      Written in Kotlin       googleApiClient   GoogleApiClient Builder context             addApi LocationServices API  build       googleApiClient   connect       locationRequest   LocationRequest create       locationRequest   priority   LocationRequest PRIORITY HIGH ACCURACY     locationRequest   interval   30   1000 toLong       locationRequest   fastestInterval   5   1000 toLong        val builder   LocationSettingsRequest Builder            addLocationRequest locationRequest        builder setAlwaysShow true       result          LocationServices SettingsApi checkLocationSettings googleApiClient  builder build        result   setResultCallback   result - gt          val status  Status   result status         when  status statusCode                LocationSettingsStatusCodes SUCCESS - gt                      Do something                           LocationSettingsStatusCodes RESOLUTION REQUIRED - gt                  try                       startResolutionForResult                        status startResolutionForResult                          activity                          REQUEST LOCATION                                         catch  e  SendIntentException                                  LocationSettingsStatusCodes SETTINGS CHANGE UNAVAILABLE - gt                       Do something

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Maybe with reflection tricks around the class android server LocationManagerService   Also  there is a method  since API 8  android provider Settings Secure setLocationProviderEnabled

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Use This code Simple and Easy to Access   Permissions        lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION   gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS NETWORK STATE   gt    Follow this Code to access the GPS programmatically   LocationManager locationManager    boolean GpsStatus                 GPSStatus                 if GpsStatus    true                                textview setText  Your Location Services Is Enabled                 else                  textview setText  Your Location Services Is Disabled                  Intent intent   new Intent Settings ACTION LOCATION SOURCE SETTINGS               startActivity intent         public void GPSStatus        locationManager    LocationManager context getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE       GpsStatus   locationManager isProviderEnabled LocationManager GPS PROVIDER

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Instead of using intent Settings ACTION LOCATION SOURCE SETTINGS you can directly able to show pop up in your app like Google Map  amp  on Gps on click of ok button their is no need to redirect to setting simply you need to use my code as     Note   This line of code automatic open the dialog box if Location is not on  This piece of line is used in Google Map also    public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity     implements GoogleApiClient ConnectionCallbacks      GoogleApiClient OnConnectionFailedListener     LocationRequest mLocationRequest  GoogleApiClient mGoogleApiClient  PendingResult lt LocationSettingsResult gt  result  final static int REQUEST LOCATION   199    Override protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState        super onCreate savedInstanceState       setContentView R layout activity main        mGoogleApiClient   new GoogleApiClient Builder this               addApi LocationServices API               addConnectionCallbacks this               addOnConnectionFailedListener this  build        mGoogleApiClient connect         Override public void onConnected Bundle bundle         mLocationRequest   LocationRequest create        mLocationRequest setPriority LocationRequest PRIORITY HIGH ACCURACY       mLocationRequest setInterval 30   1000       mLocationRequest setFastestInterval 5   1000        LocationSettingsRequest Builder builder   new LocationSettingsRequest Builder                addLocationRequest mLocationRequest       builder setAlwaysShow true        result   LocationServices SettingsApi checkLocationSettings mGoogleApiClient  builder build          result setResultCallback new ResultCallback lt LocationSettingsResult gt               Override         public void onResult LocationSettingsResult result                final Status status   result getStatus                  final LocationSettingsStates state   result getLocationSettingsStates                switch  status getStatusCode                      case LocationSettingsStatusCodes SUCCESS                         All location settings are satisfied  The client can initialize location                        requests here                                                break                  case LocationSettingsStatusCodes RESOLUTION REQUIRED                         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                                  MainActivity this                                  REQUEST LOCATION                         catch  SendIntentException e                               Ignore the error                                            break                  case LocationSettingsStatusCodes SETTINGS CHANGE UNAVAILABLE                         Location settings are not satisfied  However  we have no way to fix the                        settings so we won t show the dialog                                                break                                       Override public void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent data        Log d  onActivityResult     Integer toString resultCode           final LocationSettingsStates states   LocationSettingsStates fromIntent data       switch  requestCode                case REQUEST LOCATION              switch  resultCode                                case Activity RESULT OK                                           All required changes were successfully made                     Toast makeText MainActivity this   Location enabled by user    Toast LENGTH LONG  show                        break                                    case Activity RESULT CANCELED                                           The user was asked to change settings  but chose not to                     Toast makeText MainActivity this   Location not enabled  user cancelled    Toast LENGTH LONG  show                        break                                    default                                        break                                              break            Override public void onConnectionSuspended int i         Override public void onConnectionFailed ConnectionResult connectionResult            Note   This line of code automatic open the dialog box if Location is not on  This piece of line is used in Google Map also

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This is a more statble code for all Android versions and possibly for new ones void checkGPS         LocationRequest locationRequest   LocationRequest create         LocationSettingsRequest Builder builder   new LocationSettingsRequest Builder   addLocationRequest locationRequest        SettingsClient settingsClient   LocationServices getSettingsClient this       Task lt LocationSettingsResponse gt  task   settingsClient checkLocationSettings builder build          task addOnSuccessListener this  new OnSuccessListener lt LocationSettingsResponse gt               Override         public void onSuccess LocationSettingsResponse locationSettingsResponse                Log d  quot GPS main quot    quot OnSuccess quot                   GPS is ON                        task addOnFailureListener this  new OnFailureListener              Override         public void onFailure  NonNull final Exception e                Log d  quot GPS main quot    quot GPS off quot                   GPS off             if  e instanceof ResolvableApiException                    ResolvableApiException resolvable    ResolvableApiException  e                  try                       resolvable startResolutionForResult ActivityMain this  REQUESTCODE TURNON GPS                     catch  IntentSender SendIntentException e1                        e1 printStackTrace                                                         And you can handle the GPS state changes here  Override protected void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent data         if requestCode    Static AppVariables REQUESTCODE TURNON GPS            switch  resultCode                case Activity RESULT OK                     GPS was turned on                  break              case Activity RESULT CANCELED                     User rejected turning on the GPS                 break              default                  break

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Things have changed since this question was posted  now with new Google Services API  you can prompt users to enable GPS   https   developers google com places android-api current-place  You will need to request ACCESS FINE LOCATION permission in your manifest    lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION    gt   Also watch this video   https   www youtube com watch v F0Kh RnSM0w

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This code works on ROOTED phones   public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity         Override     protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState            String   cmds     cd  system bin    settings put secure location providers allowed  gps            try               Process p   Runtime getRuntime   exec  su                DataOutputStream os   new DataOutputStream p getOutputStream                 for  String tmpCmd   cmds                    os writeBytes tmpCmd     n                              os writeBytes  exit n                os flush                      catch  IOException e               e printStackTrace                        For turning off GPS you can use this command instead  settings put secure location providers allowed -gps   You can also toggle network accuracy using the following commands  for turning on use   settings put secure location providers allowed  network   and for turning off you can use   settings put secure location providers allowed -network

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ENABLE GPS   Intent intent new Intent  android location GPS ENABLED CHANGE    intent putExtra  enabled   true   sendBroadcast intent     DISABLE GPS   Intent intent   new Intent  android location GPS ENABLED CHANGE    intent putExtra  enabled   false   sendBroadcast intent

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the GPS can be toggled by exploiting a bug in the power manager widget  see this xda thread for discussion   here s some example code i use  private void turnGPSOn        String provider   Settings Secure getString getContentResolver    Settings Secure LOCATION PROVIDERS ALLOWED        if  provider contains  gps       if gps is disabled         final Intent poke   new Intent            poke setClassName  com android settings    com android settings widget SettingsAppWidgetProvider             poke addCategory Intent CATEGORY ALTERNATIVE           poke setData Uri parse  3              sendBroadcast poke            private void turnGPSOff        String provider   Settings Secure getString getContentResolver    Settings Secure LOCATION PROVIDERS ALLOWED        if provider contains  gps       if gps is enabled         final Intent poke   new Intent            poke setClassName  com android settings    com android settings widget SettingsAppWidgetProvider            poke addCategory Intent CATEGORY ALTERNATIVE           poke setData Uri parse  3              sendBroadcast poke             use the following to test if the existing version of the power control widget is one which will allow you to toggle the gps   private boolean canToggleGPS         PackageManager pacman   getPackageManager        PackageInfo pacInfo   null       try           pacInfo   pacman getPackageInfo  com android settings   PackageManager GET RECEIVERS         catch  NameNotFoundException e            return false    package not found            if pacInfo    null           for ActivityInfo actInfo   pacInfo receivers                 test if recevier is exported  if so  we can toggle GPS              if actInfo name equals  com android settings widget SettingsAppWidgetProvider    amp  amp  actInfo exported                   return true                                     return false    default

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Since Android version 4 4  you can t enable disable gps programatically  If you try the code proposed on this answer  an exception will be fired   java lang SecurityException  Permission Denial  not allowed to send broadcast android location GPS ENABLED CHANGE

[android] How can I enable or disable the GPS programmatically on Android?

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