How to mock location on device

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How can I mock my location on a physical device  Nexus One   I know you can do this with the emulator in the Emulator Control panel  but this doesn t work for a physical device

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I ve created a simple Handler simulating a moving position from an initial position   Start it in your connection callback    private final GoogleApiClient ConnectionCallbacks mConnectionCallbacks   new GoogleApiClient ConnectionCallbacks          Override     public void onConnected Bundle bundle            if  BuildConfig USE MOCK LOCATION                LocationServices FusedLocationApi setMockMode mGoogleApiClient  true               new MockLocationMovingHandler mGoogleApiClient  start 48 873399  2 342911                         Override     public void onConnectionSuspended int i                The Handler class       private static class MockLocationMovingHandler extends Handler        private final static int SET MOCK LOCATION   0x000001      private final static double STEP LATITUDE    -0 00005      private final static double STEP LONGITUDE   0 00002      private final static long FREQUENCY MS   1000      private GoogleApiClient mGoogleApiClient      private double mLatitude      private double mLongitude       public MockLocationMovingHandler final GoogleApiClient googleApiClient            super Looper getMainLooper             mGoogleApiClient   googleApiClient             public void start final double initLatitude  final double initLongitude            if  hasMessages SET MOCK LOCATION                 removeMessages SET MOCK LOCATION                     mLatitude   initLatitude          mLongitude   initLongitude          sendEmptyMessage SET MOCK LOCATION              public void stop             if  hasMessages SET MOCK LOCATION                 removeMessages SET MOCK LOCATION                         Override     public void handleMessage Message message            switch  message what                case SET MOCK LOCATION                  Location location   new Location  network                    location setLatitude mLatitude                   location setLongitude mLongitude                   location setTime System currentTimeMillis                     location setAccuracy 3 0f                   location setElapsedRealtimeNanos System nanoTime                     LocationServices FusedLocationApi setMockLocation mGoogleApiClient  location                    mLatitude    STEP LATITUDE                  mLongitude    STEP LONGITUDE                  sendEmptyMessageDelayed SET MOCK LOCATION  FREQUENCY MS                   break                      Hope it can help

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I wish I had my cable handy  I know you can telnet to the emulator to change its location    telnet localhost 5554 Android Console  type  help  for a list of commands OK geo fix -82 411629 28 054553 OK   I cannot remember if you can telnet to your device  but I think you can  I hope this helps   You ll need adb  android debugging bridge  for this  CLI

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You can use the Location Services permission to mock location       android permission ACCESS MOCK LOCATION    and then in your java code       Set location by setting the latitude  longitude and may be the altitude    String   MockLoc   str split       Location location   new Location mocLocationProvider               Double lat   Double valueOf MockLoc 0    location setLatitude lat   Double longi   Double valueOf MockLoc 1    location setLongitude longi   Double alti   Double valueOf MockLoc 2    location setAltitude alti

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This worked for me  Android Studio    Disable GPS and WiFi tracking on the phone  On Android 5 1 1 and below  select  enable mock locations  in Developer Options   Make a copy of your manifest in the src debug directory   Add the following to it  outside of the  application  tag    uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS MOCK LOCATION   Set up a map Fragment called  map    Include the following code in onCreate     lm    LocationManager getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE   ll   new MyLocationListener    if  lm getProvider  Test      null        lm addTestProvider  Test   false  false  false  false  false  false  false  0  1     lm setTestProviderEnabled  Test   true   lm requestLocationUpdates  Test   0  0  ll    map setOnMapClickListener new GoogleMap OnMapClickListener          Override     public void onMapClick LatLng l            Location loc   new Location  Test            loc setLatitude l latitude           loc setLongitude l longitude           loc setAltitude 0            loc setAccuracy 10f           loc setElapsedRealtimeNanos System nanoTime             loc setTime System currentTimeMillis              lm setTestProviderLocation  Test   loc              Note that you may have to temporarily increase  minSdkVersion  in your module gradle file to 17 in order to use the  setElapsedRealtimeNanos  method   Include the following code inside the main activity class   private class MyLocationListener implements LocationListener        Override     public void onLocationChanged Location location               do whatever you want  scroll the map  etc            Run your app with AS  On Android 6 0 and above you will get a security exception   Now go to Developer Options in Settings and select  Select mock location app    Select your app from the list   Now when you tap on the map  onLocationChanged   will fire with the coordinates of your tap   I just figured this out so now I don t have to tramp around the neighborhood with phones in hand

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The above solutions did not work for me because I was testing on an Android device with the latest Google Play Services version which utilizes the FusedLocationProviderClient  After setting the mock location permission in the app manifest and the app as the specified mock location app in the developer settings  as mentioned in the previous answers   I then added the Kotlin code below which successfully mocked the location   locationProvider   FusedLocationProviderClient context  locationProvider setMockMode true   val loc   Location providerName  val mockLocation   Location providerName     a string mockLocation latitude   latitude     double mockLocation longitude   longitude mockLocation altitude   loc altitude mockLocation time   System currentTimeMillis   mockLocation accuracy   1f mockLocation elapsedRealtimeNanos   SystemClock elapsedRealtimeNanos   if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   Build VERSION CODES O        mockLocation bearingAccuracyDegrees   0 1f     mockLocation verticalAccuracyMeters   0 1f     mockLocation speedAccuracyMetersPerSecond   0 01f             locationManager setTestProviderLocation providerName  mockLocation  locationProvider setMockLocation mockLocation

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It seems the only way to do is to use a mock location provider   You have to enable mock locations in the development panel in your settings and add        lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS MOCK LOCATION    gt     to your manifest   Now you can go in your code and create your own mock location provider and set the location of this provider

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Add to your manifest   lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS MOCK LOCATION      tools ignore  MockLocation ProtectedPermissions    gt    Mock location function  void setMockLocation         LocationManager locationManager    LocationManager getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE       locationManager addTestProvider LocationManager GPS PROVIDER  false  false              false  false  true  true  true  0  5       locationManager setTestProviderEnabled LocationManager GPS PROVIDER  true        Location mockLocation   new Location LocationManager GPS PROVIDER       mockLocation setLatitude -33 852       Sydney     mockLocation setLongitude 151 211       mockLocation setAltitude 10       mockLocation setAccuracy 5       mockLocation setTime System currentTimeMillis         mockLocation setElapsedRealtimeNanos System nanoTime         locationManager setTestProviderLocation LocationManager GPS PROVIDER  mockLocation       You ll also need to enable mock locations in your devices developer settings  If that s not available  set the  mock location application  to your application once the above has been implemented

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Use this permission in manifest file   lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS MOCK LOCATION  gt    android studio will recommend that  Mock location should only be requested in a test or debug-specific manifest file  typically src debug AndroidManifest xml   just disable the inspection  Now make sure you have checked the  Allow mock locations  in developer setting of your phone  Use LocationManager   locationManager addTestProvider mocLocationProvider  false  false                  false  false  true  true  true  0  5   locationManager setTestProviderEnabled mocLocationProvider  true     Now set the location wherever you want  Location mockLocation   new Location mocLocationProvider    mockLocation setLatitude lat    mockLocation setLongitude lng    mockLocation setAltitude alt    mockLocation setTime System currentTimeMillis      locationManager setTestProviderLocation  mocLocationProvider  mockLocation

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The solution mentioned by icyerasor and provided by Pedro at  http   pedroassuncao com blog 2009 11 12 android-location-provider-mock   worked very well for me  However  it does not offer support for properly starting  stopping and restarting the mock GPS provider   I have changed his code a bit and rewritten the class to be an AsyncTask instead of a Thread  This allows us to communicate with the UI Thread  so we can restart the provider at the point where we were when we stopped it  This comes in handy when the screen orientation changes   The code  along with a sample project for Eclipse  can be found on GitHub  https   github com paulhoux Android-MockProviderGPS  All credit should go to Pedro for doing most of the hard work

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I wonder if you need the elaborate Mock Location setup  In my case once I got a fix location I was calling a function to do something with that new location  In a timer create a mock location  And call the function with that location instead  Knowing all along that in a short while GPS would come up with a real current location  Which is OK  If you have the update time set sufficiently long

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Install  Fake GPS app  https   play google com store apps details id com incorporateapps fakegps fre amp hl en  Developer options -  Select mock location app It s mean  Fake location app selected    Fake GPS app   Double tab on the map to add -  click the play button -  Show the toast  Fake location stopped   finally check with google map apps

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Fake GPS app from google play did the trick for me  Just make sure you read all the directions in the app description  You have to disable other location services as well as start your app after you enable  Fake GPS   Worked great for what I needed   Here is the link to the app on GooglePlay  Fake GPS

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What Dr1Ku posted works  Used the code today but needed to add more locs  So here are some improvements   Optional  Instead of using the LocationManager GPS PROVIDER String  you might want to define your own constat PROVIDER NAME and use it  When registering for location updates  pick a provider via criteria instead of directly specifying it in as a string   First  Instead of calling removeTestProvider  first check if there is a provider to be removed  to avoid IllegalArgumentException    if  mLocationManager getProvider PROVIDER NAME     null      mLocationManager removeTestProvider PROVIDER NAME       Second  To publish more than one location  you have to set the time for the location    newLocation setTime System currentTimeMillis         mLocationManager setTestProviderLocation PROVIDER NAME  newLocation     There also seems to be a google Test that uses MockLocationProviders  http   grepcode com file repository grepcode com java ext com google android android 1 5 r4 android location LocationManagerProximityTest java  Another good working example can be found at  http   pedroassuncao com blog 2009 11 12 android-location-provider-mock   Another good article is  http   ballardhack wordpress com 2010 09 23 location-gps-and-automated-testing-on-android  comment-1358 You ll also find some code that actually works for me on the emulator

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Make use of the very convenient and free interactive location simulator for Android phones and tablets  named CATLES   It mocks the GPS-location on a system-wide level  even within the Google Maps or Facebook apps  and it works on physical as well as virtual devices   Website  http   ubicom snet tu-berlin de catles index html   Video  https   www youtube com watch v 0WSwH5gK7yg

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I ve had success with the following code  Albeit it got me a single lock for some reason  even if I ve tried different LatLng pairs   it worked for me  mLocationManager is a LocationManager which is hooked up to a LocationListener   private void getMockLocation         mLocationManager removeTestProvider LocationManager GPS PROVIDER       mLocationManager addTestProvider             LocationManager GPS PROVIDER         requiresNetwork                requiresSatellite                requiresCell                hasMonetaryCost                supportsAltitude                supportsSpeed                supportsBearing                android location Criteria POWER LOW        android location Criteria ACCURACY FINE                   Location newLocation   new Location LocationManager GPS PROVIDER        newLocation setLatitude     TODO  Set Some Lat          newLocation setLongitude    TODO  Set Some Lng           newLocation setAccuracy 500        mLocationManager setTestProviderEnabled             LocationManager GPS PROVIDER         true             mLocationManager setTestProviderStatus              LocationManager GPS PROVIDER         LocationProvider AVAILABLE         null         System currentTimeMillis                     mLocationManager setTestProviderLocation             LocationManager GPS PROVIDER         newLocation

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There are apps available in the Android Market that allow you to specify a  Mock GPS Location  for your device    I searched https   market android com and found an app called  My Fake Location  that works for me     The Mock GPS Provider mentioned by Paul above  at http   www cowlumbus nl forum MockGpsProvider zip  is another example that includes source code -- although I wasn t able to install the provided APK  it says Failure  INSTALL FAILED OLDER SDK  and may just need a recompile   In order to use GPS mock locations you need to enable it in your device settings  Go to Settings -  Applications -  Development and check  Allow mock locations   You can then use an app like the ones described above to set GPS coordinates and Google maps and other apps will use the mock GPS location you specify

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If you use this phone only in development lab  there is a chance you can solder away GPS chip and feed serial port directly with NMEA sequences from other device

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The Google tutorial for doing this can be found here  it provides code examples and explains the process   http   developer android com training location location-testing html SendMockLocations

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If your device is plugged into your computer and your trying to changed send GPS cords Via the Emulator control  it will not work  This is an EMULATOR control for a reason  Just set it up to update you on GPS change     lm    LocationManager getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE          ll   new LocationListener                     public void onLocationChanged Location location                   Called when a new location is found by the network location provider                onGPSLocationChanged location                       public void onStatusChanged String provider  int status  Bundle extras                       bigInfo setText  Changed    status                        public void onProviderEnabled String provider                bigInfo setText  Enabled    provider                      public void onProviderDisabled String provider                bigInfo setText  Disabled    provider                        When GPS is updated rewrite the following method to do what you want it to     public void onGPSLocationChanged Location location     if location    null         double pLong   location getLongitude          double pLat   location getLatitude          textLat setText Double toString pLat          textLong setText Double toString pLong          if autoSave             saveGPS                          Dont forget to put these in the manifest android permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION android permission ACCESS MOCK LOCATION

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I wrote an App that runs a WebServer  REST-Like  on your Android Phone  so you can set the GPS position remotely  The website provides an Map on which you can click to set a new position  or use the  wasd  keys to move in any direction  The app was a quick solution so there is nearly no UI nor Documentation  but the implementation is straight forward and you can look everything up in the  only four  classes   Project repository  https   github com juliusmh RemoteGeoFix

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Maybe it s not  programmer  approach  but if you want save your time and get working solution instant try one of the apps which are dedicated to mock location available in Google Play   Fake GPS Location Spoofer  Mock Locations  Fake GPS location

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