What is the simplest and most robust way to get the user s current location on Android

Question

The LocationManager API on Android seems like it s a bit of a pain to use for an application that only needs an occasional and rough approximation of the user s location   The app I m working on isn t really a location app per se  but it does need to get the user s location in order to display a list of nearby businesses   It doesn t need to worry about if the user is moving around or anything like that   Here s what I d like to do    Show the user a list of nearby locations  Preload the user s location so that by the time I need it in Activity X  it will be available  I don t particularly care about accuracy or frequency of update  Just grabbing one location is sufficient as long as it s not way off  Maybe if I want to be fancy I ll update the location once every few mins or so  but it s not a huge priority  Work for any device as long as it has either a GPS or a Network Location provider    It seems like it shouldn t be that hard  but it appears to me that I have to spin up two different location providers  GPS and NETWORK  and manage each s lifecycle  Not only that  but I have to duplicate the same code in multiple activities to satisfy  2  I ve tried using getBestProvider   in the past to cut the solution down to just using one location provider  but that seems to only give you the best  theoretical  provider rather than the provider that s actually going to give you the best results   Is there a simpler way to accomplish this

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This is the code that provides user current location

create Maps Activty:

public class Maps extends MapActivity {

    public static final String TAG = "MapActivity";
    private MapView mapView;
    private LocationManager locationManager;
    Geocoder geocoder;
    Location location;
    LocationListener locationListener;
    CountDownTimer locationtimer;
    MapController mapController;
    MapOverlay mapOverlay = new MapOverlay();

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
        super.onCreate(icicle);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        initComponents();
        mapView.setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
        mapView.setSatellite(true);
        mapView.setTraffic(true);
        mapView.setStreetView(true);
        mapController = mapView.getController();
        mapController.setZoom(16);
        locationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(LOCATION_SERVICE);
        if (locationManager == null) {
            Toast.makeText(Maps.this, "Location Manager Not Available",
                Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            return;
        }
        location = locationManager
                .getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
        if (location == null)
            location = locationManager
                    .getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
        if (location != null) {
            double lat = location.getLatitude();
            double lng = location.getLongitude();
            Toast.makeText(Maps.this, "Location Are" + lat + ":" + lng,
                Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            GeoPoint point = new GeoPoint((int) (lat * 1E6), (int) (lng * 1E6));
            mapController.animateTo(point, new Message());
            mapOverlay.setPointToDraw(point);
            List<Overlay> listOfOverlays = mapView.getOverlays();
            listOfOverlays.clear();
            listOfOverlays.add(mapOverlay);
        }
        locationListener = new LocationListener() {

            public void onStatusChanged(String arg0, int arg1, Bundle arg2) {}

            public void onProviderEnabled(String arg0) {}

            public void onProviderDisabled(String arg0) {}

            public void onLocationChanged(Location l) {
                location = l;
                locationManager.removeUpdates(this);
                if (l.getLatitude() == 0 || l.getLongitude() == 0) {
                } else {
                    double lat = l.getLatitude();
                    double lng = l.getLongitude();
                    Toast.makeText(Maps.this, "Location Are" + lat + ":" + lng,
                        Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                }
            }
        };
        if (locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER))
            locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(
                LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 1000, 10f, locationListener);
        locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(
            LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER, 1000, 10f, locationListener);
        locationtimer = new CountDownTimer(30000, 5000) {

            @Override
            public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
                if (location != null) locationtimer.cancel();
            }

            @Override
            public void onFinish() {
                if (location == null) {
                }
            }
        };
        locationtimer.start();
    }

    public MapView getMapView() {
        return this.mapView;
    }

    private void initComponents() {
        mapView = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.map_container);
        ImageView ivhome = (ImageView) this.findViewById(R.id.imageView_home);
        ivhome.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

            public void onClick(View arg0) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                Intent intent = new Intent(Maps.this, GridViewContainer.class);
                startActivity(intent);
                finish();
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    protected boolean isRouteDisplayed() {
        return false;
    }

    class MapOverlay extends Overlay {

        private GeoPoint pointToDraw;

        public void setPointToDraw(GeoPoint point) {
            pointToDraw = point;
        }

        public GeoPoint getPointToDraw() {
            return pointToDraw;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean draw(Canvas canvas, MapView mapView, boolean shadow,
                long when) {
            super.draw(canvas, mapView, shadow);
            Point screenPts = new Point();
            mapView.getProjection().toPixels(pointToDraw, screenPts);
            Bitmap bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),
                R.drawable.select_map);
            canvas.drawBitmap(bmp, screenPts.x, screenPts.y - 24, null);
            return true;
        }
    }
}

main.xml:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:background="@android:color/black"
        android:orientation="vertical" >

        <com.google.android.maps.MapView
            android:id="@+id/map_container"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent"
            android:apiKey="yor api key"
            android:clickable="true"
            android:focusable="true" />

    </LinearLayout>

and define following permission in manifest:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>

User · Answer

It requires lots of things in place to get location updates in android  requires lots of bolierplate code   You need to take care of   Google Play services availablity Check   Update Google play Service if it is old or not available Dialog Creation of GoogleApiClient and its callbacks connected disconnected etc  Stopping and releasing resources for location updates  Handling Location permission scenarios  Checking Location services are On or Off  Getting lastknown location is not so easy either Fallback to last known location if not getting location after certain duration   I have created Android-EasyLocation  small android library  which will take care all this stuff and you can focus on business logic   All you need is extend EasyLocationActivity and this  requestSingleLocationFix easyLocationRequest     or  requestLocationUpdates easyLocationRequest     Checkout sample app and steps needed here at https   github com akhgupta Android-EasyLocation

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This is the way I am requesting User Permissions   Outside your application tag in AndroidManifest xml add these permission requests    lt uses-permission android name  android permission INTERNET    gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS COARSE LOCATION   gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION    gt    Then add Google s Location dependencies in the App Gradle file   implementation  com google android gms play-services-location 15 0 0    Now declare some Global variables   private lateinit var mFusedLocationProvider FusedLocationProviderClient private lateinit var mLocationCallback  LocationCallback private lateinit var mLocationRequest  LocationRequest private var mLocationPermissionGranted Boolean   false   In OnCreate method of your Activity  I was not able to Format the Code Properly  Apology for that   mFusedLocationProvider   LocationServices getFusedLocationProviderClient this     Location Callback mLocationCallback   object  LocationCallback     override fun onLocationResult p0  LocationResult       if p0  null          todo request user to enable location from settings then remove return       return    else        getDeviceLocation                     Location Request mLocationRequest   LocationRequest create   mLocationRequest priority   LocationRequest PRIORITY BALANCED POWER ACCURACY   Set the Interval for Latest Interval Update mLocationRequest interval   5000   Set How Many Location Updated you Want mLocationRequest numUpdates   1  getLocationPermission   getDeviceLocation     Now create both the functions    private fun getLocationPermission                  val permission Array lt String gt    arrayOf android Manifest permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION android Manifest permission ACCESS COARSE LOCATION              if ContextCompat checkSelfPermission applicationContext Constant FINE LOCATION    PermissionChecker PERMISSION GRANTED                   if ContextCompat checkSelfPermission applicationContext Constant COARSE LOCATION    PermissionChecker PERMISSION GRANTED                       mLocationPermissionGranted   true                                else                  ActivityCompat requestPermissions this permission Constant LOCATION REQUEST CODE                         Second Method  private fun getDeviceLocation             try              if mLocationPermissionGranted                    mFusedLocationProvider lastLocation addOnCompleteListener this  task  Task lt Location gt  - gt                      if task isSuccessful                           var currentLocation  Location    task result                         if currentLocation  null                                Log i  Location   Latitude is   currentLocation latitude  and Longitude                                           currentLocation longitude                                                       else                             mFusedLocationProvider requestLocationUpdates mLocationRequest mLocationCallback null                                                                  catch  e SecurityException               Log e  Error    Security Exception   e message                      For Constant kt  class Constant      companion object              Location Request Settings         const val SET INTERVAL Long   2000         const val NUM UPDATES Int   1            Location Permission         const val FINE LOCATION String   android Manifest permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION         const val COARSE LOCATION String   android Manifest permission ACCESS COARSE LOCATION

User · Answer

To get and show the user s current location  you could also use MyLocationOverlay  Suppose you have a mapView field in your activity  All you would need to do to show the user location is the following   myLocationOverlay   new MyLocationOverlay this  mapView   myLocationOverlay enableMyLocation    mapView getOverlays   add myLocationOverlay     This gets the current location from either the GPS or the network  If both fail  enableMyLocation   will return false   As for the locations of things around the area  an ItemizedOverlay should do the trick   I hope I haven t misunderstood your question  Good luck

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public static Location getBestLocation Context ctxt        Location gpslocation   getLocationByProvider          LocationManager GPS PROVIDER  ctxt       Location networkLocation   getLocationByProvider          LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER  ctxt       Location fetchedlocation   null         if we have only one location available  the choice is easy     if  gpslocation    null            Log i  New Location Receiver    GPS Location available             fetchedlocation   gpslocation        else           Log i  New Location Receiver                No GPS Location available  Fetching Network location lat                     networkLocation getLatitude       lon                      networkLocation getLongitude             fetchedlocation   networkLocation            return fetchedlocation            get the last known location from a specific provider  network gps      private static Location getLocationByProvider String provider  Context ctxt        Location location   null         if   isProviderSupported provider            return null               LocationManager locationManager    LocationManager  ctxt              getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE       try           if  locationManager isProviderEnabled provider                 location   locationManager getLastKnownLocation provider                   catch  IllegalArgumentException e            Log i  New Location Receiver    Cannot access Provider     provider             return location

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Kotlin version of  Fedor Greate answer   usage of class   val locationResult   object   MyLocation LocationResult          override fun gotLocation location  Location              val lat   location   latitude         val lon   location longitude          Toast makeText context    lat --SLocRes--  lon   Toast LENGTH SHORT  show             val myLocation   MyLocation   myLocation getLocation inflater context  locationResult    MyLocation Class    class MyLocation       internal lateinit var timer1  Timer     internal var lm  LocationManager    null     internal lateinit var locationResult  LocationResult     internal var gps enabled   false     internal var network enabled   false      internal var locationListenerGps  LocationListener   object   LocationListener             override fun onLocationChanged location  Location                timer1 cancel               locationResult gotLocation location              lm   removeUpdates this              lm   removeUpdates locationListenerNetwork                     override fun onProviderDisabled provider  String             override fun onProviderEnabled provider  String             override fun onStatusChanged provider  String  status  Int  extras  Bundle                internal var locationListenerNetwork  LocationListener   object   LocationListener           override fun onLocationChanged location  Location                timer1 cancel               locationResult gotLocation location              lm   removeUpdates this              lm   removeUpdates locationListenerGps                     override fun onProviderDisabled provider  String             override fun onProviderEnabled provider  String             override fun onStatusChanged provider  String  status  Int  extras  Bundle                fun getLocation context  Context  result  LocationResult   Boolean             I use LocationResult callback class to pass location value from MyLocation to user code          locationResult   result         if  lm    null              lm   context getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE  as LocationManager             exceptions will be thrown if provider is not permitted          try               gps enabled   lm   isProviderEnabled LocationManager GPS PROVIDER            catch  ex  Exception                       try               network enabled   lm   isProviderEnabled LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER            catch  ex  Exception                         don t start listeners if no provider is enabled         if   gps enabled  amp  amp   network enabled              return false          if  ActivityCompat checkSelfPermission context                  Manifest permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION     PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED                ActivityCompat checkSelfPermission context  Manifest permission ACCESS COARSE LOCATION     PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED  run                ActivityCompat requestPermissions context as Activity                  arrayOf Manifest permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION  Manifest permission ACCESS COARSE LOCATION   111                      if  gps enabled              lm   requestLocationUpdates LocationManager GPS PROVIDER  0  0f  locationListenerGps          if  network enabled              lm   requestLocationUpdates LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER  0  0f  locationListenerNetwork          timer1   Timer           timer1 schedule GetLastLocation context   20000          return true            internal inner class GetLastLocation var context  Context    TimerTask             override fun run                 lm   removeUpdates locationListenerGps              lm   removeUpdates locationListenerNetwork               var net loc  Location    null             var gps loc  Location    null              if  ActivityCompat checkSelfPermission context                      Manifest permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION     PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED                    ActivityCompat checkSelfPermission context  Manifest permission ACCESS COARSE LOCATION     PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED               run                    ActivityCompat requestPermissions context as Activity                      arrayOf Manifest permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION  Manifest permission ACCESS COARSE LOCATION  111                              if  gps enabled                  gps loc   lm   getLastKnownLocation LocationManager GPS PROVIDER              if  network enabled                  net loc   lm   getLastKnownLocation LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER                 if there are both values use the latest one             if  gps loc    null  amp  amp  net loc    null                    if  gps loc getTime    gt  net loc getTime                        locationResult gotLocation gps loc                  else                     locationResult gotLocation net loc                  return                            if  gps loc    null                    locationResult gotLocation gps loc                  return                           if  net loc    null                    locationResult gotLocation net loc                  return                           locationResult gotLocation null                        abstract class LocationResult             abstract fun gotLocation location  Location

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I am not sure if the Location-Based Services can get the location from other infrastructures other than GPS  but according to that article  it does seem possible      Applications can call on any of   several types of positioning methods       Using the mobile phone network  The   current cell ID can be used to   identify the Base Transceiver Station    BTS  that the device is communicating   with and the location of that BTS    Clearly  the accuracy of this method   depends on the size of the cell  and   can be quite inaccurate  A GSM cell   may be anywhere from 2 to 20   kilometers in diameter  Other   techniques used along with cell ID can   achieve accuracy within 150 meters       Using satellites  The Global   Positioning System  GPS   controlled   by the US Department of Defense  uses   a constellation of 24 satellites   orbiting the earth  GPS determines the   device s position by calculating   differences in the times signals from   different satellites take to reach the   receiver  GPS signals are encoded  so   the mobile device must be equipped   with a GPS receiver  GPS is   potentially the most accurate method    between 4 and 40 meters if the GPS   receiver has a clear view of the sky     but it has some drawbacks  The extra   hardware can be costly  consumes   battery while in use  and requires   some warm-up after a cold start to get   an initial fix on visible satellites    It also suffers from  canyon effects    in cities  where satellite visibility   is intermittent        Using short-range   positioning beacons  In relatively   small areas  such as a single   building  a local area network can   provide locations along with other   services  For example  appropriately   equipped devices can use Bluetooth for   short-range positioning

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some of these ans are now out of date  so im answering  FusedLocationProviderClient fusedLocationProviderClient    set global variable Location currentLocation   set global var private boolean mLocationPermissionGranted    set global var  fusedLocationProviderClient   LocationServices getFusedLocationProviderClient getContext       write this oncreate         fetchLastLocation        call the funct for current location   here is the function private void fetchLastLocation          if  ActivityCompat checkSelfPermission getContext    Manifest permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION                 PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED             ActivityCompat requestPermissions getActivity   new String                    Manifest permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION  REQUEST CODE           return       else           mLocationPermissionGranted true            Task lt Location gt  task  fusedLocationProviderClient getLastLocation        task addOnSuccessListener new OnSuccessListener lt Location gt               Override         public void onSuccess Location location                if location    null                   currentLocation  location                 Toast makeText getContext    currentLocation getLatitude    quot  quot                             quot   quot  currentLocation getLongitude                        Toast LENGTH SHORT  show      if you want to show in google maps                 SupportMapFragment supportMapFragment   SupportMapFragment                          getChildFragmentManager   findFragmentById R id map                   supportMapFragment getMapAsync MapsFragment this

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I have created small application with step by step description to gets current locations GPS co-ordinates     Complete example source code in below URL        Get Current Location coordinates   City name - in Android     See How it works     All we need to do is add this permission in manifest file   lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION  gt     lt  uses-permission gt   and create LocationManager instance like this  LocationManager locationManager    LocationManager                                     getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE    Check GPS is enabled or not then implement LocationListener and Get Coordinates  LocationListener locationListener   new MyLocationListener      locationManager requestLocationUpdates    LocationManager GPS PROVIDER  5000  10  locationListener    here is the sample code to do       ----------Listener class to get coordinates -------------    private class MyLocationListener implements LocationListener         Override     public void onLocationChanged Location loc            editLocation setText              pb setVisibility View INVISIBLE           Toast makeText              getBaseContext                 Location changed  Lat      loc getLatitude       Lng                      loc getLongitude    Toast LENGTH SHORT  show            String longitude    Longitude      loc getLongitude            Log v TAG  longitude           String latitude    Latitude      loc getLatitude            Log v TAG  latitude             -------to get City-Name from coordinates --------            String cityName   null          Geocoder gcd   new Geocoder getBaseContext    Locale getDefault             List lt Address gt  addresses          try               addresses   gcd getFromLocation loc getLatitude                    loc getLongitude    1               if  addresses size    gt  0                  System out println addresses get 0  getLocality                 cityName   addresses get 0  getLocality              catch  IOException e                e printStackTrace                      String s   longitude     n    latitude     n nMy Current City is                  cityName          editLocation setText s               Override     public void onProviderDisabled String provider           Override     public void onProviderEnabled String provider           Override     public void onStatusChanged String provider  int status  Bundle extras

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After searching for best implementation how to get best precise user location I managed to combine all the best methods and come up with following class          Retrieve accurate location from GPS or network services             Class usage example         public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState                        my location   new MyLocation            my location init main this  locationResult                   public LocationResult locationResult   new LocationResult             Override         public void gotLocation final Location location                  do something             location getLongitude                location getLatitude                         class MyLocation                  If GPS is enabled          Use minimal connected satellites count              private static final int min gps sat count   5                  Iteration step time              private static final int iteration timeout step   500       LocationResult locationResult      private Location bestLocation   null      private Handler handler   new Handler        private LocationManager myLocationManager       public Context context       private boolean gps enabled   false       private int counts      0      private int sat count   0       private Runnable showTime   new Runnable               public void run                 boolean stop   false              counts                System println  counts     counts                  if timeout  1 min  exceeded  stop tying             if counts  gt  120                   stop   true                               update last best location             bestLocation   getLocation context                  if location is not ready or don t exists  try again             if bestLocation    null  amp  amp  gps enabled                   System println  BestLocation not ready  continue to wait                    handler postDelayed this  iteration timeout step                else                    if best location is known  calculate if we need to continue to look for better location                   if gps is enabled and min satellites count has not been connected or min check count is smaller then 4  2 sec                    if stop    false  amp  amp   needToStop                         System println  Connected     sat count     sattelites  continue waiting                          handler postDelayed this  iteration timeout step                    else                      System println                                                                   System println  BestLocation finded return result to main  sat count     sat count                       System println                                                                       removing all updates and listeners                     myLocationManager removeUpdates gpsLocationListener                       myLocationManager removeUpdates networkLocationListener                           myLocationManager removeGpsStatusListener gpsStatusListener                       sat count   0                          send best location to locationResult                     locationResult gotLocation bestLocation                                                                     Determine if continue to try to find best location             private Boolean needToStop             if  gps enabled                             return true                                   else if counts  lt   4                   return false                            if sat count  lt  min gps sat count                     if 20-25 sec and 3 satellites found then stop                 if counts  gt   40  amp  amp  sat count  gt   3                       return true                                    return false                                  return true                        Best location abstract result class             public static abstract class LocationResult           public abstract void gotLocation Location location                          Initialize starting values and starting best location listeners                 param Context ctx         param LocationResult result             public void init Context ctx  LocationResult result           context   ctx          locationResult   result           myLocationManager    LocationManager  context getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE            gps enabled    Boolean  myLocationManager isProviderEnabled LocationManager GPS PROVIDER            bestLocation   null          counts   0              turning on location updates         myLocationManager requestLocationUpdates  network   0  0  networkLocationListener           myLocationManager requestLocationUpdates  gps   0  0  gpsLocationListener           myLocationManager addGpsStatusListener gpsStatusListener               starting best location finder loop         handler postDelayed showTime  iteration timeout step                         GpsStatus listener  OnChainged counts connected satellites count              public final GpsStatus Listener gpsStatusListener   new GpsStatus Listener             public void onGpsStatusChanged int event                  if event    GpsStatus GPS EVENT SATELLITE STATUS                   try                          Check number of satellites in list to determine fix state                      GpsStatus status   myLocationManager getGpsStatus null                        Iterable lt GpsSatellite gt satellites   status getSatellites                          sat count   0                        Iterator lt GpsSatellite gt satI   satellites iterator                         while satI hasNext                               GpsSatellite satellite   satI next                             System println  Satellite  snr     satellite getSnr        elevation     satellite getElevation                                                       sat count                                             catch  Exception e                        e printStackTrace                        sat count   min gps sat count   1                                      System println       sat count       sat count                                                    Gps location listener              public final LocationListener gpsLocationListener   new LocationListener             Override          public void onLocationChanged Location location                       public void onProviderDisabled String provider             public void onProviderEnabled String provider             public void onStatusChanged String provider  int status  Bundle extras                            Network location listener              public final LocationListener networkLocationListener   new LocationListener             Override          public void onLocationChanged Location location                       public void onProviderDisabled String provider             public void onProviderEnabled String provider             public void onStatusChanged String provider  int status  Bundle extras                             Returns best location using LocationManager getBestProvider                   param context         return Location null             public static Location getLocation Context context           System println  getLocation                  fetch last known location and update it         try               LocationManager lm    LocationManager  context getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE                Criteria criteria   new Criteria                criteria setAccuracy Criteria ACCURACY FINE                criteria setAltitudeRequired false                criteria setBearingRequired false                criteria setCostAllowed true                String strLocationProvider   lm getBestProvider criteria  true                 System println  strLocationProvider     strLocationProvider                Location location   lm getLastKnownLocation strLocationProvider                if location    null                   return location                              return null            catch  Exception e                e printStackTrace                return null                      This class tries to connect to min gps sat count satellites if GPS is enabled  Else returns LocationManager getBestProvider   location  Check the code

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Here s what I do    First of all I check what providers are enabled  Some may be disabled on the device  some may be disabled in application manifest  If any provider is available I start location listeners and timeout timer  It s 20 seconds in my example  may not be enough for GPS so you can enlarge it  If I get update from location listener I use the provided value  I stop listeners and timer  If I don t get any updates and timer elapses I have to use last known values  I grab last known values from available providers and choose the most recent of them    Here s how I use my class   LocationResult locationResult   new LocationResult         Override     public void gotLocation Location location             Got the location           MyLocation myLocation   new MyLocation    myLocation getLocation this  locationResult     And here s MyLocation class   import java util Timer  import java util TimerTask  import android content Context  import android location Location  import android location LocationListener  import android location LocationManager  import android os Bundle   public class MyLocation       Timer timer1      LocationManager lm      LocationResult locationResult      boolean gps enabled false      boolean network enabled false       public boolean getLocation Context context  LocationResult result                  I use LocationResult callback class to pass location value from MyLocation to user code          locationResult result          if lm  null              lm    LocationManager  context getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE              exceptions will be thrown if provider is not permitted          try gps enabled lm isProviderEnabled LocationManager GPS PROVIDER   catch Exception ex            try network enabled lm isProviderEnabled LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER   catch Exception ex               don t start listeners if no provider is enabled         if  gps enabled  amp  amp   network enabled              return false           if gps enabled              lm requestLocationUpdates LocationManager GPS PROVIDER  0  0  locationListenerGps           if network enabled              lm requestLocationUpdates LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER  0  0  locationListenerNetwork           timer1 new Timer            timer1 schedule new GetLastLocation    20000           return true             LocationListener locationListenerGps   new LocationListener             public void onLocationChanged Location location                timer1 cancel                locationResult gotLocation location               lm removeUpdates this               lm removeUpdates locationListenerNetwork                     public void onProviderDisabled String provider             public void onProviderEnabled String provider             public void onStatusChanged String provider  int status  Bundle extras                 LocationListener locationListenerNetwork   new LocationListener             public void onLocationChanged Location location                timer1 cancel                locationResult gotLocation location               lm removeUpdates this               lm removeUpdates locationListenerGps                     public void onProviderDisabled String provider             public void onProviderEnabled String provider             public void onStatusChanged String provider  int status  Bundle extras                 class GetLastLocation extends TimerTask            Override         public void run                  lm removeUpdates locationListenerGps                lm removeUpdates locationListenerNetwork                 Location net loc null  gps loc null               if gps enabled                   gps loc lm getLastKnownLocation LocationManager GPS PROVIDER                if network enabled                   net loc lm getLastKnownLocation LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER                   if there are both values use the latest one              if gps loc  null  amp  amp  net loc  null                    if gps loc getTime   gt net loc getTime                         locationResult gotLocation gps loc                    else                      locationResult gotLocation net loc                    return                               if gps loc  null                    locationResult gotLocation gps loc                    return                              if net loc  null                    locationResult gotLocation net loc                    return                              locationResult gotLocation null                        public static abstract class LocationResult          public abstract void gotLocation Location location             Somebody may also want to modify my logic  For example if you get update from Network provider don t stop listeners but continue waiting  GPS gives more accurate data so it s worth waiting for it  If timer elapses and you ve got update from Network but not from GPS then you can use value provided from Network   One more approach is to use LocationClient http   developer android com training location retrieve-current html  But it requires Google Play Services apk to be installed on user device

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The recommended way to do this is to use LocationClient   First  define location update interval values  Adjust this to your needs   private static final int MILLISECONDS PER SECOND   1000  private static final long UPDATE INTERVAL   MILLISECONDS PER SECOND   UPDATE INTERVAL IN SECONDS  private static final int FASTEST INTERVAL IN SECONDS   1  private static final long FASTEST INTERVAL   MILLISECONDS PER SECOND   FASTEST INTERVAL IN SECONDS    Have your Activity implement GooglePlayServicesClient ConnectionCallbacks  GooglePlayServicesClient OnConnectionFailedListener  and LocationListener   public class LocationActivity extends Activity implements  GooglePlayServicesClient ConnectionCallbacks  GooglePlayServicesClient OnConnectionFailedListener  LocationListener      Then  set up a LocationClientin the onCreate   method of your Activity   public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState        super onCreate savedInstanceState        mLocationClient   new LocationClient this  this  this        mLocationRequest   LocationRequest create        mLocationRequest setPriority LocationRequest PRIORITY HIGH ACCURACY       mLocationRequest setInterval UPDATE INTERVAL       mLocationRequest setFastestInterval FASTEST INTERVAL       Add the required methods to your Activity  onConnected   is the method that is called when the LocationClientconnects  onLocationChanged   is where you ll retrieve the most up-to-date location    Override public void onConnectionFailed ConnectionResult connectionResult        Log w TAG   Location client connection failed        Override public void onConnected Bundle dataBundle        Log d TAG   Location client connected        mLocationClient requestLocationUpdates mLocationRequest  this        Override public void onDisconnected         Log d TAG   Location client disconnected        Override public void onLocationChanged Location location        if  location    null            Log d TAG   Updated Location      Double toString location getLatitude            Double toString location getLongitude            else           Log d TAG   Updated location NULL                    Be sure to connect disconnect the LocationClient so it s only using extra battery when absolutely necessary and so the GPS doesn t run indefinitely  The LocationClient must be connected in order to get data from it    public void onResume         super onResume        mLocationClient connect       public void onStop         if  mLocationClient isConnected              mLocationClient removeLocationUpdates this             mLocationClient disconnect        super onStop        Get the user s location  First try using the LocationClient  if that fails  fall back to the LocationManager   public Location getLocation         if  mLocationClient    null  amp  amp  mLocationClient isConnected              return mLocationClient getLastLocation          else           LocationManager locationManager    LocationManager  this getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE           if  locationManager    null                Location lastKnownLocationGPS   locationManager getLastKnownLocation LocationManager GPS PROVIDER               if  lastKnownLocationGPS    null                    return lastKnownLocationGPS                else                   return locationManager getLastKnownLocation LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER                           else               return null

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A bit late here but what I would in such a situation is to use Google Maps API and mark the nearby locations using lat and long API of google maps  Plus user experience is better if you can show his her location on a map  No need to bother about the updation of user location or frisking with android api  Let google maps handle the internals for you    emmby may have got it resolved in his app but for future reference a look at Google maps API for location specific stuff is what I recommend to fellow developers   Edit  Link for displaying user location in google maps

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With Fedor s solution I ve experienced multiple execution of the callback gotLocation  It seems to be due to a race condition in the overridden LocationListener onLocationChanged method  when gotLocation method is  long enough   I m not sure  but I guess removeUpdates prevents the enqueueing of new messages in the Looper queue  but it doesn t remove those already enqueued but not yet consumed  Hence the race condition   To reduce the probability of this wrong behavior it s possible to call removeUpdates before firing the onLocationChanged event  but still we have the race condition   The best solution I found is to replace requestLocationUpdates with requestSingleUpdate   This is my version  based on Fedor s solution  using an Handler to send a message to the looper thread   public class LocationResolver       private Timer timer      private LocationManager locationManager      private LocationResult locationResult      private boolean gpsEnabled   false      private boolean networkEnabled   false      private Handler locationTimeoutHandler       private final Callback locationTimeoutCallback   new Callback             public boolean handleMessage Message msg                locationTimeoutFunc                return true                     private void locationTimeoutFunc                    locationManager removeUpdates locationListenerGps               locationManager removeUpdates locationListenerNetwork                Location networkLocation   null  gpsLocation   null              if  gpsEnabled                  gpsLocation   locationManager getLastKnownLocation LocationManager GPS PROVIDER               if  networkEnabled                  networkLocation   locationManager getLastKnownLocation LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER                   if there are both values use the latest one             if  gpsLocation    null  amp  amp  networkLocation    null                    if  gpsLocation getTime    gt  networkLocation getTime                        locationResult gotLocation gpsLocation                   else                     locationResult gotLocation networkLocation                   return                             if  gpsLocation    null                    locationResult gotLocation gpsLocation                   return                            if  networkLocation    null                    locationResult gotLocation networkLocation                   return                            locationResult gotLocation null                                   private final LocationListener locationListenerGps   new LocationListener             public void onLocationChanged Location location                              timer cancel                locationResult gotLocation location               locationManager removeUpdates this               locationManager removeUpdates locationListenerNetwork                      public void onProviderDisabled String provider                       public void onProviderEnabled String provider                       public void onStatusChanged String provider  int status  Bundle extras                         private final LocationListener locationListenerNetwork   new LocationListener             public void onLocationChanged Location location                    timer cancel                 locationResult gotLocation location               locationManager removeUpdates this               locationManager removeUpdates locationListenerGps                      public void onProviderDisabled String provider                       public void onProviderEnabled String provider                       public void onStatusChanged String provider  int status  Bundle extras                          public void prepare             locationTimeoutHandler   new Handler locationTimeoutCallback              public synchronized boolean getLocation Context context  LocationResult result  int maxMillisToWait            locationResult   result          if  locationManager    null              locationManager    LocationManager  context getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE               exceptions will be thrown if provider is not permitted          try               gpsEnabled   locationManager isProviderEnabled LocationManager GPS PROVIDER             catch  Exception ex                      try               networkEnabled   locationManager isProviderEnabled LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER             catch  Exception ex                          don t start listeners if no provider is enabled         if   gpsEnabled  amp  amp   networkEnabled              return false           if  gpsEnabled              locationManager requestSingleUpdate LocationManager GPS PROVIDER  locationListenerGps  Looper myLooper                   locationManager requestLocationUpdates LocationManager GPS PROVIDER  0  0  locationListenerGps           if  networkEnabled              locationManager requestSingleUpdate LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER  locationListenerNetwork  Looper myLooper                   locationManager requestLocationUpdates LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER  0  0  locationListenerNetwork            timer   new Timer            timer schedule new GetLastLocationTask    maxMillisToWait           return true             private class GetLastLocationTask extends TimerTask            Override         public void run                  locationTimeoutHandler sendEmptyMessage 0                        public static abstract class LocationResult           public abstract void gotLocation Location location             I use this class from a customized looper thread  like the following one   public class LocationGetter       private final Context context      private Location location   null      private final Object gotLocationLock   new Object        private final LocationResult locationResult   new LocationResult                          Override         public void gotLocation Location location                synchronized  gotLocationLock                    LocationGetter this location   location                  gotLocationLock notifyAll                    Looper myLooper   quit                                        public LocationGetter Context context            if  context    null              throw new IllegalArgumentException  context    null             this context   context             public synchronized Coordinates getLocation int maxWaitingTime  int updateTimeout            try               final int updateTimeoutPar   updateTimeout              synchronized  gotLocationLock                                new Thread                         public void run                             Looper prepare                            LocationResolver locationResolver   new LocationResolver                            locationResolver prepare                            locationResolver getLocation context  locationResult  updateTimeoutPar                           Looper loop                                            start                     gotLocationLock wait maxWaitingTime                           catch  InterruptedException e1                e1 printStackTrace                       if  location    null              coordinates   new Coordinates location getLatitude    location getLongitude             else             coordinates   Coordinates UNDEFINED          return coordinates             where Coordinates is a simple class with two properties  latitude and longitude

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Here s what I do    First of all I check whether NETWORK or GPS providers are enabled  Some may be disabled on the device  some may be disabled in application manifest  If any provider is enabled  I fetch cached last location for this provider and start location update listeners for this provider  There is a method to determine whether a location is better than last received location as mentioned in link  - https   developer android com guide topics location strategies html BestEstimate If I get update from location listener I check whether this location is better than previously received location  and If it is better than replace this location to previous best location mFinalLocation   There is also a handler timer  for two minutes  which eventually stops the service and in onDestroy   method of service  stop listening for location updates for each of the provider    Below is the code for service  You can run it based upon frequency of location update you need   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 Handler  import android os IBinder  import android os Message  import android support annotation Nullable  import android util Log    public class RecordLocationService extends Service        private final String TAG   RecordLocationService class getSimpleName         private final int TWO MINUTES   1000   60   2       private LocationManager mLocationManager       private MyLocationListener mLocationListeners     new MyLocationListener                new MyLocationListener LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER               new MyLocationListener LocationManager GPS PROVIDER              private Location mFinalLocation       private class MyLocationListener implements LocationListener           private String mProvider           public MyLocationListener String provider                Log d TAG   LocationListener       provider               mProvider   provider                     public String getProvider                 return mProvider                      Override         public void onLocationChanged Location location                Log d TAG   onLocationChanged       location                if  isBetterLocation location  mFinalLocation                     Log d TAG   Setting current Final Location to recent most Location for Provider       location getProvider                     Log d TAG   Setting current Final Location to       location                   mFinalLocation   location                else                   Log d TAG   Keeping current Final Location to previous Final Location                                       Override         public void onStatusChanged String provider  int status  Bundle extras                Log d TAG   onStatusChanged provider     provider                       Override         public void onProviderEnabled String provider                Log d TAG   onProviderEnabled provider     provider                       Override         public void onProviderDisabled String provider                Log d TAG   onProviderDisabled provider     provider                        private Handler mStopServiceHandler   new Handler               Override         public void handleMessage Message msg                switch  msg what                    case 1                        stopSelf                                      break                                       Nullable      Override     public IBinder onBind Intent intent            return null              Override     public int onStartCommand Intent intent  int flags  int startId            super onStartCommand intent  flags  startId           Log d TAG   onStartCommand            return START STICKY              Override     public void onCreate             super onCreate            Log d TAG   onCreate            requestLocation            mStopServiceHandler sendEmptyMessageDelayed 1  TWO MINUTES              private void requestLocation                Acquire a reference to the system Location Manager         if  mLocationManager    null                mLocationManager    LocationManager  this getApplicationContext   getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE                      try               if  mLocationManager getAllProviders   contains LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER   amp  amp  mLocationManager isProviderEnabled LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER                     Log d TAG   Fetching Cached Location for Provider       LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER                   Location cachedNetworkLocation   mLocationManager getLastKnownLocation LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER                    if  cachedNetworkLocation    null                        Log d TAG   Setting Final Location to Cached Location for Provider       LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER                       Log d TAG   Setting Final Location to       cachedNetworkLocation                       mFinalLocation   cachedNetworkLocation                    else                       Log d TAG   Cached Location for Provider       LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER     is NULL                                       Log d TAG   Requesting Location Update for Provider       LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER                   mLocationManager requestLocationUpdates LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER  0  0  mLocationListeners 0                             catch  SecurityException se                Log e TAG  se getMessage    se             catch  IllegalArgumentException iae                Log e TAG  iae getMessage    iae                      try               if  mLocationManager getAllProviders   contains LocationManager GPS PROVIDER   amp  amp  mLocationManager isProviderEnabled LocationManager GPS PROVIDER                     Log d TAG   Fetching Cached Location for Provider       LocationManager GPS PROVIDER                   Location cachedGPSLocation   mLocationManager getLastKnownLocation LocationManager GPS PROVIDER                    if  cachedGPSLocation    null                        if  isBetterLocation cachedGPSLocation  mFinalLocation                             Log d TAG   Setting Final Location to Cached Location for Provider       LocationManager GPS PROVIDER                           Log d TAG   Setting Final Location to       cachedGPSLocation                           mFinalLocation   cachedGPSLocation                                          else                       Log d TAG   Cached Location for Provider       LocationManager GPS PROVIDER     is NULL                                       Log d TAG   Requesting Location Update for Provider       LocationManager GPS PROVIDER                   mLocationManager requestLocationUpdates LocationManager GPS PROVIDER  0  0  mLocationListeners 1                             catch  SecurityException se                Log e TAG  se getMessage    se             catch  IllegalArgumentException iae                Log e TAG  iae getMessage    iae                                     Determines whether one Location reading is better than the current Location fix                param location            The new Location that you want to evaluate         param currentBestLocation The current Location fix  to which you want to compare the new one             protected boolean isBetterLocation Location location  Location currentBestLocation            if  currentBestLocation    null                   A new location is always better than no location             return true                        Check whether the new location fix is newer or older         long timeDelta   location getTime   - currentBestLocation getTime            boolean isSignificantlyNewer   timeDelta  gt  TWO MINUTES          boolean isSignificantlyOlder   timeDelta  lt  -TWO MINUTES          boolean isNewer   timeDelta  gt  0              If it s been more than two minutes since the current location  use the new location            because the user has likely moved         if  isSignificantlyNewer                return true                 If the new location is more than two minutes older  it must be worse           else if  isSignificantlyOlder                return false                        Check whether the new location fix is more or less accurate         int accuracyDelta    int   location getAccuracy   - currentBestLocation getAccuracy             boolean isLessAccurate   accuracyDelta  gt  0          boolean isMoreAccurate   accuracyDelta  lt  0          boolean isSignificantlyLessAccurate   accuracyDelta  gt  200              Check if the old and new location are from the same provider         boolean isFromSameProvider   isSameProvider location getProvider                    currentBestLocation getProvider                 Determine location quality using a combination of timeliness and accuracy         if  isMoreAccurate                return true            else if  isNewer  amp  amp   isLessAccurate                return true            else if  isNewer  amp  amp   isSignificantlyLessAccurate  amp  amp  isFromSameProvider                return true                    return false                        Checks whether two providers are the same             private boolean isSameProvider String provider1  String provider2            if  provider1    null                return provider2    null                    return provider1 equals provider2               Override     public void onDestroy             super onDestroy            Log d TAG   onDestroy            if  mLocationManager    null                for  int i   0  i  lt  mLocationListeners length  i                      try                       Log d TAG   Removing Location Update for Provider       mLocationListeners i  getProvider                         mLocationManager removeUpdates mLocationListeners i                      catch  Exception ex                        Log e TAG   fail to remove location listeners  ignore   ex

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Actualy we can use the two providers GPS  amp  NETWORK   And they just share a public listener   locationManager requestLocationUpdates LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER  10   1000   float  10 0  listener   locationManager requestLocationUpdates LocationManager GPS PROVIDER  90   1000   float  10 0  listener     This is necessary because the OnLocationChanged   method always need to be called in time

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Recently refactored to obtain the location of the code  learn some good ideas  and finally achieved a relatively perfect library and Demo     request all valid provider network gps  private boolean requestAllProviderUpdates         checkRuntimeEnvironment        checkPermission         if  isRequesting            EasyLog d  Request location update is busy            return false              long minTime   getCheckTimeInterval        float minDistance   getCheckMinDistance         if  mMapLocationListeners    null            mMapLocationListeners   new HashMap lt  gt                mValidProviders   getValidProviders        if  mValidProviders    null    mValidProviders isEmpty              throw new IllegalArgumentException  Not available provider                for  String provider   mValidProviders            LocationListener locationListener   new LocationListener                  Override             public void onLocationChanged Location location                    if  location    null                        EasyLog e  LocationListener callback location is null                         return                                    printf location                   mLastProviderTimestamp   location getTime                     if  location getProvider   equals LocationManager GPS PROVIDER                         finishResult location                     else                       doLocationResult location                                      removeProvider location getProvider                     if  isEmptyValidProviders                          requestTimeoutMsgInit                        removeUpdates                                                  Override             public void onStatusChanged String provider  int status  Bundle extras                                Override             public void onProviderEnabled String provider                                Override             public void onProviderDisabled String provider                                     getLocationManager   requestLocationUpdates provider  minTime  minDistance  locationListener           mMapLocationListeners put provider  locationListener           EasyLog d  Location request  s provider update    provider             isRequesting   true      return true       remove request update public void removeUpdates         checkRuntimeEnvironment         LocationManager locationManager   getLocationManager        if  mMapLocationListeners    null            Set lt String gt  keys   mMapLocationListeners keySet            for  String key   keys                LocationListener locationListener   mMapLocationListeners get key               if  locationListener    null                    locationManager removeUpdates locationListener                   EasyLog d  Remove location update  provider is     key                                   mMapLocationListeners clear            isRequesting   false             Compared with the last successful position  to determine whether you need to filter private boolean isNeedFilter Location location        checkLocation location        if  mLastLocation    null            float distance   location distanceTo mLastLocation           if  distance  lt  getCheckMinDistance                  return true                    if  location getAccuracy    gt   mLastLocation getAccuracy                    amp  amp  distance  lt  location getAccuracy                  return true                    if  location getTime    lt   mLastProviderTimestamp                return true                      return false     private void doLocationResult Location location        checkLocation location        if  isNeedFilter location             EasyLog d  location need to filtered out  timestamp is     location getTime             finishResult mLastLocation         else           finishResult location              Return to the finished position private void finishResult Location location        checkLocation location        double latitude   location getLatitude        double longitude   location getLongitude        float accuracy   location getAccuracy        long time   location getTime        String provider   location getProvider         if  mLocationResultListeners    null  amp  amp   mLocationResultListeners isEmpty              String format    Location result  lt  f   f gt  Accuracy  f Time  d Provider  s           EasyLog i String format format  latitude  longitude  accuracy  time  provider             mLastLocation   location          synchronized  this                Iterator lt LocationResultListener gt  iterator    mLocationResultListeners iterator                while  iterator hasNext                      LocationResultListener listener   iterator next                    if  listener    null                        listener onResult location                                     iterator remove                                      Complete code  https   github com bingerz FastLocation blob master fastlocationlib src main java cn bingerz fastlocation FastLocation java   Each request to complete the location  it is best to removeUpdates  otherwise the phone status bar will always display the positioning icon

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Even though the answer is already given here  I just wanted to share this to the world incase the come across such scenario   My requirement was that i needed to get a user s current location within 30 to 35 seconds at max so here is the solution i made following Nirav Ranpara s Answer   1  I made MyLocationManager java class which handles all the GPS and Network stuff  import java util concurrent Executors  import java util concurrent ScheduledExecutorService  import java util concurrent TimeUnit   import com app callbacks OnLocationDetectectionListener   import android app AlertDialog  import android content Context  import android content DialogInterface  import android content Intent  import android location Location  import android location LocationListener  import android location LocationManager  import android os Bundle  import android provider Settings  import android util Log  import android widget Toast   public class MyLocationManager           The minimum distance to GPS change Updates in meters         private final long MIN DISTANCE CHANGE FOR UPDATES FOR GPS   2     2                                                                        meters         The minimum time between GPS updates in milliseconds         private final long MIN TIME BW UPDATES OF GPS   1000   5   1     5                                                                        seconds          The minimum distance to NETWORK change Updates in meters         private final long MIN DISTANCE CHANGE FOR UPDATES FOR NETWORK   5     5                                                                            meters         The minimum time between NETWORK updates in milliseconds         private final long MIN TIME BW UPDATES OF NETWORK   1000   10   1     10                                                                            seconds                 Lets just say i don t trust the first location that the is found  This is        to avoid that               private int NetworkLocationCount   0  GPSLocationCount   0      private boolean isGPSEnabled      private boolean isNetworkEnabled                 Don t do anything if location is being updated by Network or by GPS             private boolean isLocationManagerBusy      private LocationManager locationManager      private Location currentLocation      private Context mContext      private OnLocationDetectectionListener mListener       public MyLocationManager Context mContext              OnLocationDetectectionListener mListener            this mContext   mContext          this mListener   mListener                        Start the location manager to find my location             public void startLocating             try               locationManager    LocationManager  mContext                      getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE                   Getting GPS status             isGPSEnabled   locationManager                      isProviderEnabled LocationManager GPS PROVIDER                   Getting network status             isNetworkEnabled   locationManager                      isProviderEnabled LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER                if   isGPSEnabled  amp  amp   isNetworkEnabled                       No network provider is enabled                 showSettingsAlertDialog                  else                      If GPS enabled  get latitude longitude using GPS Services                 if  isGPSEnabled                        locationManager requestLocationUpdates                              LocationManager GPS PROVIDER                              MIN TIME BW UPDATES OF GPS                              MIN DISTANCE CHANGE FOR UPDATES FOR GPS                              gpsLocationListener                                      if  isNetworkEnabled                        locationManager requestLocationUpdates                              LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER                              MIN TIME BW UPDATES OF NETWORK                              MIN DISTANCE CHANGE FOR UPDATES FOR NETWORK                              networkLocationListener                                                                   My 30 seconds plan to get myself a location                             ScheduledExecutorService se   Executors                      newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor                se schedule new Runnable                       Override                 public void run                         if  currentLocation    null                            if  isGPSEnabled                                currentLocation   locationManager                                      getLastKnownLocation LocationManager GPS PROVIDER                             else if  isNetworkEnabled                                currentLocation   locationManager                                      getLastKnownLocation LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER                                                      if  currentLocation    null  amp  amp  mListener    null                                locationManager removeUpdates gpsLocationListener                               locationManager                                      removeUpdates networkLocationListener                               mListener onLocationDetected currentLocation                                                                                    30  TimeUnit SECONDS              catch  Exception e                Log e  Error Fetching Location   e getMessage                 Toast makeText mContext                       Error Fetching Location    e getMessage                        Toast LENGTH SHORT  show                                    Handle GPS location listener callbacks             private LocationListener gpsLocationListener   new LocationListener               Override         public void onStatusChanged String provider  int status  Bundle extras                   TODO Auto-generated method stub                      Override         public void onProviderEnabled String provider                   TODO Auto-generated method stub                      Override         public void onProviderDisabled String provider                   TODO Auto-generated method stub                      Override         public void onLocationChanged Location location                 if  GPSLocationCount    0  amp  amp   isLocationManagerBusy                    Log d  GPS Enabled    GPS Enabled                    isLocationManagerBusy   true                  currentLocation   location                  locationManager removeUpdates gpsLocationListener                   locationManager removeUpdates networkLocationListener                   isLocationManagerBusy   false                  if  currentLocation    null  amp  amp  mListener    null                        mListener onLocationDetected currentLocation                                               GPSLocationCount                                    Handle Network location listener callbacks             private LocationListener networkLocationListener   new LocationListener               Override         public void onStatusChanged String provider  int status  Bundle extras                   TODO Auto-generated method stub                      Override         public void onProviderEnabled String provider                   TODO Auto-generated method stub                      Override         public void onProviderDisabled String provider                   TODO Auto-generated method stub                      Override         public void onLocationChanged Location location                if  NetworkLocationCount    0  amp  amp   isLocationManagerBusy                    Log d  Network    Network                    isLocationManagerBusy   true                  currentLocation   location                  locationManager removeUpdates gpsLocationListener                   locationManager removeUpdates networkLocationListener                   isLocationManagerBusy   false                  if  currentLocation    null  amp  amp  mListener    null                        mListener onLocationDetected currentLocation                                               NetworkLocationCount                                     Function to show settings alert dialog  On pressing the Settings button        it will launch Settings Options                public void showSettingsAlertDialog             AlertDialog Builder alertDialog   new AlertDialog Builder mContext               Setting Dialog Title         alertDialog setTitle  GPS is settings                Setting Dialog Message         alertDialog                  setMessage  GPS is not enabled  Do you want to go to settings menu                 On pressing the Settings button          alertDialog setPositiveButton  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 the cancel button         alertDialog setNegativeButton  Cancel                   new DialogInterface OnClickListener                          Override                     public void onClick DialogInterface dialog  int which                            dialog cancel                                                          Showing Alert Message         alertDialog show              2  I made an Interface  callback  OnLocationDetectectionListener java in order to communicate the results back to the calling fragment or activity   import android location Location   public interface OnLocationDetectectionListener       public void onLocationDetected Location mLocation       3  Then i made an MainAppActivty java Activity that implements OnLocationDetectectionListener interface and here is how i receive my location in it  public class MainAppActivty extends Activity implements         OnLocationDetectectionListener        private Location currentLocation      private MyLocationManager mLocationManager        Override     protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            setContentView R layout activity home           super onCreate savedInstanceState               mLocationManager   new MyLocationManager this  this               mLocationManager startLocating                Override     public void onLocationDetected Location mLocation              Your new Location is received here         currentLocation   mLocation          4  Add the following permissions to your manifest file   lt uses-permission android name  android permission INTERNET    gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION    gt    Hope this is helpful to others

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In the Activity Class makes a customized method    private void getTheUserPermission             ActivityCompat requestPermissions this  new String                    Manifest permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION   REQUEST LOCATION           locationManager    LocationManager  getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE           LocationGetter locationGetter   new LocationGetter FreshMenuSearchActivity this  REQUEST LOCATION  locationManager             if   locationManager isProviderEnabled LocationManager GPS PROVIDER                  locationGetter OnGPS              else                locationGetter getLocation                      Make a UserDefined Class name LocationGetter -  public class LocationGetter            private int REQUEST LOCATION          private FreshMenuSearchActivity mContext          private LocationManager locationManager          private Geocoder geocoder           public LocationGetter FreshMenuSearchActivity mContext  int requestLocation  LocationManager locationManager                this mContext   mContext              this locationManager   locationManager              this REQUEST LOCATION   requestLocation                      public void getLocation                  if  ActivityCompat checkSelfPermission mContext  Manifest permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION     PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED  amp  amp  ActivityCompat checkSelfPermission mContext                       Manifest permission ACCESS COARSE LOCATION     PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED                    ActivityCompat requestPermissions mContext  new String                            Manifest permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION   REQUEST LOCATION                 else                   Location LocationGps   locationManager getLastKnownLocation LocationManager GPS PROVIDER                   Location LocationNetwork   locationManager getLastKnownLocation LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER                   Location LocationPassive   locationManager getLastKnownLocation LocationManager PASSIVE PROVIDER                    if  LocationGps    null                        double lat   LocationGps getLatitude                        double longi   LocationGps getLongitude                        getTheAddress lat  longi                     else if  LocationNetwork    null                        double lat   LocationNetwork getLatitude                        double longi   LocationNetwork getLongitude                        getTheAddress lat  longi                     else if  LocationPassive    null                        double lat   LocationPassive getLatitude                        double longi   LocationPassive getLongitude                        getTheAddress lat  longi                     else                       Toast makeText mContext   Can t Get Your Location   Toast LENGTH SHORT  show                                                         private void getTheAddress double latitude  double longitude                List lt Address gt  addresses              geocoder   new Geocoder mContext  Locale getDefault                  try                   addresses   geocoder getFromLocation latitude  longitude  1                   String address   addresses get 0  getAddressLine 0                   String city   addresses get 0  getLocality                    String state   addresses get 0  getAdminArea                    String country   addresses get 0  getCountryName                    String postalCode   addresses get 0  getPostalCode                    String knownName   addresses get 0  getFeatureName                    Log d  neel   address                 catch  IOException e                    e printStackTrace                                       public void OnGPS                  final AlertDialog Builder builder   new AlertDialog Builder mContext                builder setMessage  Enable GPS   setCancelable false  setPositiveButton  YES   new DialogInterface OnClickListener                      Override                 public void onClick DialogInterface dialog  int which                        mContext startActivity new Intent Settings ACTION LOCATION SOURCE SETTINGS                                     setNegativeButton  NO   new DialogInterface OnClickListener                      Override                 public void onClick DialogInterface dialog  int which                         dialog cancel                                                  final AlertDialog alertDialog   builder create                alertDialog show

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You could always just use LocationManager getLastKnownLocation   but like it says it could be out of date   And a simple way to get a general location could be registering for the network  usually pretty fast    LocationManager locationManager    LocationManager  this getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE   locationManager requestLocationUpdates       LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER  1000  1000  this     and then doing  locationManager removeUpdates this     in the onLocationChanged   method of the listener

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Use the below code  it will give the best provider available   String locCtx   Context LOCATION SERVICE    LocationManager locationMgr    LocationManager  ctx getSystemService locCtx    Criteria criteria    new Criteria    criteria setAccuracy Criteria ACCURACY FINE   criteria setAltitudeRequired false   criteria setBearingRequired false   criteria setCostAllowed true   criteria setPowerRequirement Criteria POWER LOW    String provider   locationMgr getBestProvider criteria  true    System out println  Best Available provider      provider

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After seeing all the answers  and question  Simplest and Robust   I got clicked about only library Android-ReactiveLocation   When i made an location tracking app  Then i realized that its very typical to handle location tracking with optimised with battery    So i want tell freshers and also developers who don t want to maintain their location code with future optimisations  Use this library    ReactiveLocationProvider locationProvider   new       ReactiveLocationProvider context       locationProvider getLastKnownLocation            subscribe new Consumer lt Location gt                   Override             public void call Location location                    doSthImportantWithObtainedLocation location                               Dependencies to put in app level build gradle  dependencies               compile  pl charmas android android-reactive-location2 2 1 aar      compile  com google android gms play-services-location 11 0 4    you can use newer GMS version if you need     compile  com google android gms play-services-places 11 0 4      compile  io reactivex rxjava 2 0 5    you can override RxJava version if you need     Pros to use this lib    This lib is and will be actively maintained  You dont worry about battery optimisation  As developers have done their best  Easy installation  put dependency and play  easily connect to Play Services API obtain last known location  subscribe for location updates use location settings API  manage geofences  geocode location to list of addresses  activity recognition  use current place API fetch place autocomplete suggestions

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Simple and best way for GeoLocation   LocationManager lm   null  boolean network enabled    if  lm    null                  lm    LocationManager  Kikit this getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE                network enabled   lm isProviderEnabled LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER                dialog   ProgressDialog show Kikit this       Fetching location      true                 final Handler handler   new Handler                timer   new Timer                TimerTask doAsynchronousTask   new TimerTask                       Override                 public void run                         handler post new Runnable                               Override                         public void run                                                           Log e  counter value   value   counter                                if counter lt  8                                                                try                                                                        counter                                          if  network enabled                                             lm    LocationManager  Kikit this getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE                                            Log e  in network enabled     in network enabled                                                Define a listener that responds to location updates                                         LocationListener locationListener   new LocationListener                                                                                            public void onLocationChanged Location location                                                                                                 if attempt    false                                                                                                         attempt   true                                                      Log e  in location listener     in location listener                                                          longi   location getLongitude                                                        lati   location getLatitude                                                        Data longi        longi                                                       Data lati        lati                                                        Log e  longitude        longi                                                       Log e  latitude        lati                                                          if faceboo name equals                                                                                                                    if dialog  null                                                           dialog cancel                                                             timer cancel                                                            timer purge                                                            Data homepage resume   true                                                          lm   null                                                          Intent intent   new Intent                                                                                          intent setClass Kikit this MainActivity class                                                            startActivity intent                                                                 finish                                                                                                              else                                                                                                                           isInternetPresent   cd isConnectingToInternet                                                             if  isInternetPresent                                                                                                                         if dialog  null                                                                  dialog cancel                                                                 Showdata                                                                                                                      else                                                                                                                       error view setText Data internet error msg                                                               error view setVisibility 0                                                               error gone                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      public void onStatusChanged String provider  int status                                                      Bundle extras                                                                                               public void onProviderEnabled String provider                                                      Toast makeText getApplicationContext     Location enabled   Toast LENGTH LONG  show                                                                                                public void onProviderDisabled String provider                                                                                                                                             Register the listener with the Location Manager to receive                                            location updates                                         lm requestLocationUpdates LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER  100000  10 locationListener                                          else                                            Toast makeText getApplicationContext     No Internet Connection    2000  show                                            buildAlertMessageNoGps                                                                                catch  Exception e                                           TODO                                        Auto-generated                                        catch                                        block                                                                                             else                                                                timer purge                                    timer cancel                                     if attempt    false                                                                        attempt   true                                       String locationProvider   LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER                                         Or use LocationManager GPS PROVIDER                                      try                                           Location lastKnownLocation   lm getLastKnownLocation locationProvider                                            longi   lastKnownLocation getLongitude                                            lati   lastKnownLocation getLatitude                                            Data longi        longi                                           Data lati        lati                                        catch  Exception e                                               TODO Auto-generated catch block                                         e printStackTrace                                            Log i  exception in loc fetch   e toString                                                                                Log e  longitude of last known location        longi                                       Log e  latitude of last known location        lati                                        if Data fb access token                                                                                       if dialog  null                                               dialog cancel                                             timer cancel                                            timer purge                                            Data homepage resume   true                                          Intent intent   new Intent                                                                          intent setClass Kikit this MainActivity class                                            startActivity intent                                             finish                                                                              else                                                                                           isInternetPresent   cd isConnectingToInternet                                             if  isInternetPresent                                                                                         if dialog  null                                                   dialog cancel                                                            Showdata                                                                                      else                                                                                       error view setText Data internet error msg                                               error view setVisibility 0                                               error gone                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        timer schedule doAsynchronousTask  0  2000     private void buildAlertMessageNoGps             final AlertDialog Builder builder   new AlertDialog Builder this            builder setMessage  Your WiFi  amp  mobile network location is disabled   do you want to enable it             setCancelable false           setPositiveButton  Yes   new DialogInterface OnClickListener                   public void onClick  SuppressWarnings  unused   final DialogInterface dialog   SuppressWarnings  unused   final int id                                 startActivity new Intent android provider Settings ACTION LOCATION SOURCE SETTINGS                    setting page   true                                    setNegativeButton  No   new DialogInterface OnClickListener                 public void onClick final DialogInterface dialog   SuppressWarnings  unused   final int id                    dialog cancel                    finish                                      final AlertDialog alert   builder create            alert show

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Improvements to  Fedor s solution  Rather than requesting location with  0  time interval and  0  distance  we can use the location manager s requestSingleUpdate method  Updated code kotlin version   import android annotation SuppressLint import android content Context import android location Criteria import android location Location import android location LocationListener import android location LocationManager import android os Bundle import java util     SuppressLint  MissingPermission   class AppLocationProvider      private lateinit var timer  Timer   private var locationManager  LocationManager    null   private lateinit var locationCallBack  LocationCallBack   private var gpsEnabled   false   private var networkEnabled   false    private var locationListener  LocationListener   object   LocationListener        override fun onLocationChanged location  Location          timer cancel         locationCallBack locationResult location             override fun onProviderDisabled provider  String         override fun onProviderEnabled provider  String         override fun onStatusChanged provider  String  status  Int  extras  Bundle            fun getLocation context   Context  callBack  LocationCallBack   Boolean       locationCallBack   callBack     if  locationManager    null        locationManager   context getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE  as LocationManager         exceptions will be thrown if provider is not permitted      try         gpsEnabled   locationManager   isProviderEnabled LocationManager GPS PROVIDER        catch  ex  Exception          ex printStackTrace              try         networkEnabled   locationManager   isProviderEnabled LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER        catch  ex  Exception          ex printStackTrace                don t start listeners if no provider is enabled     if   gpsEnabled  amp  amp   networkEnabled        return false      val criteria   Criteria       if  gpsEnabled          criteria accuracy   Criteria ACCURACY FINE       else         criteria accuracy   Criteria ACCURACY COARSE           locationManager   requestSingleUpdate criteria  locationListener  null       timer   Timer       timer schedule GetLastKnownLocation    5000      return true        inner class GetLastKnownLocation   TimerTask          override fun run           locationManager   removeUpdates locationListener         var netLoc  Location    null       var gpsLoc  Location    null        if  gpsEnabled          gpsLoc   locationManager   getLastKnownLocation LocationManager GPS PROVIDER        if  networkEnabled          netLoc   locationManager   getLastKnownLocation LocationManager NETWORK PROVIDER           check which value use the latest one       if  gpsLoc    null  amp  amp  netLoc    null            if  gpsLoc time  gt  netLoc time            locationCallBack locationResult gpsLoc          else           locationCallBack locationResult netLoc          return                if  gpsLoc    null            locationCallBack locationResult gpsLoc          return               if  netLoc    null            locationCallBack locationResult netLoc          return               locationCallBack locationResult null               interface LocationCallBack       fun locationResult location  Location           To get location need to just call getLocation method as -   AppLocationProvider   getLocation context  object   AppLocationProvider LocationCallBack     override fun locationResult location  Location            use location  this might get called in a different thread if a location is a last known location  In that case  you can post location on main thread          Note  Before calling getLocation method  required location permission must be granted

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I have written detailed tutorial covering current location here on demonuts com You can find more description here and also you can download whole demo source code for better understanding   There are already many answers there but I want to show latest way to get location using Google API  so new programmers can use new method   First of all  put this in gradle file  compile  com google android gms play-services 8 4 0    then implement necessary interfaces    public class MainActivity  extends BaseActivitiy implements GoogleApiClient ConnectionCallbacks  GoogleApiClient OnConnectionFailedListener  com google android gms location LocationListener   declare instances    private GoogleApiClient mGoogleApiClient    private Location mLocation    private LocationManager locationManager    private LocationRequest mLocationRequest    put this in onCreate     mGoogleApiClient   new GoogleApiClient Builder this                   addConnectionCallbacks this                   addOnConnectionFailedListener this                   addApi LocationServices API                   build            locationManager    LocationManager  getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE     At last  override necessary methods    Override     public void onConnected Bundle bundle            if  ActivityCompat checkSelfPermission this  Manifest permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION     PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED  amp  amp  ActivityCompat checkSelfPermission this  Manifest permission ACCESS COARSE LOCATION     PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED                   TODO  Consider calling                   ActivityCompat requestPermissions                here to request the missing permissions  and then overriding                  public void onRequestPermissionsResult int requestCode  String   permissions                                                          int   grantResults                 to handle the case where the user grants the permission  See the documentation                for ActivityCompat requestPermissions for more details              return                    mLocation   LocationServices FusedLocationApi getLastLocation mGoogleApiClient           if mLocation    null               startLocationUpdates                      if  mLocation    null                double latitude   mLocation getLatitude                double longitude   mLocation getLongitude              else                  Toast makeText this   Location not Detected   Toast LENGTH SHORT  show                         protected void startLocationUpdates                Create the location request         mLocationRequest   LocationRequest create                    setPriority LocationRequest PRIORITY HIGH ACCURACY                   setInterval UPDATE INTERVAL                   setFastestInterval FASTEST INTERVAL              Request location updates         if  ActivityCompat checkSelfPermission this  Manifest permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION     PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED  amp  amp  ActivityCompat checkSelfPermission this  Manifest permission ACCESS COARSE LOCATION     PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED                   TODO  Consider calling                   ActivityCompat requestPermissions                here to request the missing permissions  and then overriding                  public void onRequestPermissionsResult int requestCode  String   permissions                                                          int   grantResults                 to handle the case where the user grants the permission  See the documentation                for ActivityCompat requestPermissions for more details              return                    LocationServices FusedLocationApi requestLocationUpdates mGoogleApiClient                  mLocationRequest  this           Log d  reque    --- gt  gt  gt  gt                 Override     public void onConnectionSuspended int i            Log i TAG   Connection Suspended            mGoogleApiClient connect                Override     public void onConnectionFailed ConnectionResult connectionResult            Log i TAG   Connection failed  Error      connectionResult getErrorCode                 Override     public void onStart             super onStart            mGoogleApiClient connect                Override     public void onStop             super onStop            if  mGoogleApiClient isConnected                  mGoogleApiClient disconnect                         Override     public void onLocationChanged Location location             Don t forget to start GPS in your device before running app

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From last more than one year  I was using the combination of GPS PROVIDER and NETWORK PROVIDER to get the current location and it was working good  but from last few months I m getting location after a long delay  so I switched to latest API FusedLocationProviderClient and it is working pretty good   Here is the class which I wrote to get current location by using FusedLocationProviderClient  In below code  I used a timer to wait for while to get the current location  I scheduled timer 15 seconds delay  you can change it according to you   private static FusedLocationService ourInstance  private final LocationRequest locationRequest  private FusedLocationProviderClient mFusedLocationClient  private Location mLastLocation  private Context context  private FindOutLocation findOutLocation  private boolean callbackTriggered   false  private Timer timer   public static FusedLocationService getInstance Context pContext         if  null    ourInstance  ourInstance   new FusedLocationService pContext        return ourInstance     private FusedLocationService Context pContext        context   pContext      mFusedLocationClient   LocationServices getFusedLocationProviderClient context       locationRequest   getLocationRequest        requestLocation context      public Location getLastKnownLocation         return mLastLocation     private void requestLocation Context context         if  ActivityCompat checkSelfPermission context  Manifest permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION     PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED  amp  amp  ActivityCompat checkSelfPermission context  Manifest permission ACCESS COARSE LOCATION     PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED            return            mFusedLocationClient requestLocationUpdates locationRequest  mLocationCallback  null       mFusedLocationClient getLastLocation   addOnSuccessListener location - gt            if  location    null                mLastLocation   location              triggerCallback mLastLocation                        private LocationRequest getLocationRequest         LocationRequest locationRequest   new LocationRequest        long INTERVAL   10   1000      long FASTEST INTERVAL   5   1000      locationRequest setInterval INTERVAL       locationRequest setFastestInterval FASTEST INTERVAL       locationRequest setPriority LocationRequest PRIORITY HIGH ACCURACY       return locationRequest     private LocationCallback mLocationCallback   new LocationCallback          Override     public void onLocationResult LocationResult locationResult            for  Location location   locationResult getLocations                  if  location    null  mLastLocation   location                    if  null    mLastLocation  triggerCallback mLastLocation             public static abstract class FindOutLocation       public abstract void gotLocation Location location       SuppressLint  MissingPermission   public void findLocation FindOutLocation findOutLocation        long TIMER TIME OUT   15   1000      this findOutLocation   findOutLocation      callbackTriggered   false       try           requestLocation context           timer   new Timer            timer schedule new GetLastLocation context   TIMER TIME OUT         catch  Exception e            e printStackTrace             private class GetLastLocation extends TimerTask       Context context       GetLastLocation Context context            this context   context              Override     public void run             triggerCallback mLastLocation            private void triggerCallback Location location        if  null    location  mLastLocation   location      if   callbackTriggered  amp  amp  null    findOutLocation            callbackTriggered   true          removeLocationUpdates            findOutLocation gotLocation location           findOutLocation   null           private void removeLocationUpdates         if  null    timer  timer cancel        if  null    mFusedLocationClient          mFusedLocationClient removeLocationUpdates mLocationCallback         And called this from activity  here is the code      FusedLocationService FindOutLocation findOutLocation   new FusedLocationService FindOutLocation              Override         public void gotLocation Location currentLocation                if  currentLocation    null                      TODO DO SOMETHING WITH CURRENT LOCATION                                      FusedLocationService getInstance this  findLocation findOutLocation     Add following entries in the AndroidManifest xml   lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION    gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS COARSE LOCATION    gt    lt  -- Needed only if your app targets Android 5 0  API level 21  or higher  -- gt   lt uses-feature android name  android hardware location gps    gt

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By using FusedLocationProviderApi which is the latest API and the best among the available possibilities to get location in Android  add this in build gradle file  dependencies       compile  com google android gms play-services 6 5 87      you can get full source code by this url http   javapapers com android android-location-fused-provider

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EDIT  Updated with the latest Location Service API from Google Play Services library  July 2014   I would recommend you to use the new Location Service API  available from the Google Play Services library  which provides a more powerful  high-level framework that automates tasks such as location provider choice and power management  According to the official documentation       Location API make it easy for you to build location-aware applications  without needing to focus on the details of the underlying location technology  They also let you minimize power consumption by using all of the capabilities of the device hardware    For further information visit  Making Your App Location-Aware  To see a full example using the latest Location Service API visit  Android LocationClient class is deprecated but used in documentation

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