How to emulate GPS location in the Android Emulator

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I want to get longitude and latitude in Android emulator for testing   Can any one guide me how to achieve this   How do I set the location of the emulator to a test position

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I have made a little script similar to one of the previous answers, but using expect instead of python - because it is a bit simpler (expect was invented for this).

#!/usr/bin/expect

set port [lindex $argv 0]
set lon [lindex $argv 1]
set lat [lindex $argv 2]

set timeout 1
spawn telnet localhost $port
expect_after eof { exit 0 }

## interact
expect OK

set fp [open "~/.emulator_console_auth_token" r]
if {[gets $fp line] != -1} {
  send "auth $line\r"
}

send "geo fix $lon $lat\r"
expect OK
send "exit\r"

Exemple usage: sendloc 5554 2.35607 48.8263

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Just make Alberto Gaona s answer into one line  token   cat    emulator console auth token   cat  lt  echo -e  auth  token  n  geo fix 96 0290791 16 9041016   n exit   -   nc localhost 5554   5554 is the emulator port number shown in adb devices   It would have been better if adb emu work

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For the new emulator   http   developer android com tools devices emulator html extended  Basically  click on the three dots button in the emulator controls  to the right of the emulator  and it will open up a menu which will allow you to control the emulator including location

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See Obtaining User Location  Look under Providing Mock Location Data  You will find the solution for it

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In Linux where communication ports are blocked  navigate the terminal to platform-tools folder inside android sdk and fire this command     adb -s   device name  emu geo fix   longitude    latitude

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You can use an emulator like genymotion which gives you the flexibility to emulate your present GPS location  etc

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I had the same problem on Android studio 3 5 1  When I clicked on three dots to the right of android emulator and selected location tab  I dont see a send option  I tried to set a location point but that did not change my default cupertino location  Open google maps and it will autolocate you and your cupertino location will change

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Dalvik Debug Monitor   Select Emulator   Emulator Control Tab   Location Controls    DDMS -- android sdk tools ddms OR android sdk tools monitor

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The already mentioned multiple times answer to use the shell command  geo fix     is the correct answer  But in case you use LocationClient getLastLocation   to retrieve your data it is worth to mention that it will not work at first  The LocationClient class uses the Google Play Service to retrieve the coordinates   For me this started working after running the emulators maps app once  During the first start you are asked to allow google apps access to your location  which I guess does the trick

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Open Android studio- Tools menu- Android-  Android Device Monitor- Emulator Tab- Location control-  Set your required latitude and longitude and check your project as per your need

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There is a plugin for Android Studio called    Mock Location Plugin      You can emulate multiple points with this plugin  You can find a detailed manual of use in this link  Android Studio  Simulate multiple GPS points with Mock Location Plugin

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The following solution worked for me - open command line and write   adb emu geo fix  longtitude   latitude

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For a project of my own  I developed an online service which can provide simulated location to the Android emulator     It uses geo nmea rather than geo fix which allows it to set speed  course  precise time etc  in addition to just lat lon   The service requires the nc  netcat  command line utility and nothing else   http   www kisstech ch nmea

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You can connect to the Emulator via Telnet  You then have a Emulator console that lets you enter certain data like geo fixes  network etc    How to use the console is extensively explained here  To connect to the console open a command line and type  telnet localhost 5554   You then can use the geo command to set a latitude  longitude and if needed altitude on the device that is passed to all programs using the gps location provider  See the link above for further instructions    The specific command to run in the console is  geo fix  lt longitude value gt   lt latitude value gt    I found this site useful for finding a realistic lat lng  http   itouchmap com latlong html  If you need more then one coordinate you can use a kml file with a route as well it is a little bit described in this article  I can t find a better source at the moment

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I was looking for a better way to set the emulator s GPS coordinates than using geo fix and manually determining the specific latitude and longitude coordinates   Unable to find anything  I put together a little program that uses GWT and the Google Maps API to launch a browser-based map tool to set the GPS location in the emulator   android-gps-emulator  Hopefully it can be of use to help others who will undoubtedly stumble across this difficulty question as well

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I was trying to set the geo fix through adb for many points and could not get my app to see any GPS data   But when I tried opening DDMS  selecting my app s process and sending coordinates through the emulator control tab it worked right away

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For Android Studio users    run the emulator   Then  go to Tools - gt  Android - gt Android device monitor  open the Emulator Control Tab  and use the location controls group

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If you are using eclipse then using Emulator controller you can manually set latitude and longitude and run your map based  app in emulator

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Can t comment yet  so updating  ectomorphs answer here  which when telneting now requires to have an auth token  In linux that s under  home username  emulator console auth token     usr bin env python   - - coding  utf-8 - - import sys import telnetlib from time import sleep import random  FILE   open   home username  emulator console auth token    r   AUTH TOKEN   FILE read   FILE close    HOST    127 0 0 1  PORT   5554 TIMEOUT   10 LAT SRC   52 5243700 LNG SRC   13 4105300 LAT DST   53 5753200 LNG DST   10 0153400 SECONDS   120  LAT MAX STEP     max LAT DST  LAT SRC  - min LAT DST  LAT SRC     SECONDS    2 LNG MAX STEP     max LNG DST  LNG SRC  - min LNG DST  LNG SRC     SECONDS    2  DIRECTION LAT   1 if LAT DST - LAT SRC  gt  0 else -1 DIRECTION LNG   1 if LNG DST - LNG SRC  gt  0 else -1  lat   LAT SRC lng   LNG SRC  tn   telnetlib Telnet HOST  PORT  TIMEOUT  tn set debuglevel 9  tn read until  OK   5   tn write  auth  0  n  format AUTH TOKEN   tn read until  OK   5   tn read until  OK   5   tn write  geo fix  0   1  n  format LNG SRC  LAT SRC    tn write  exit n    for i in range SECONDS       lat    round random uniform 0  LAT MAX STEP   7    DIRECTION LAT     lng    round random uniform 0  LNG MAX STEP   7    DIRECTION LNG       tn read until  OK   5      tn write  geo fix  0   1  n  format lng  lat        tn write  exit n       sleep 1   tn write  geo fix  0   1  n  format LNG DST  LAT DST   tn write  exit n    print tn read all     From a shell script one can set the coorinate like so     usr bin env bash export ATOKEN  cat    emulator console auth token  echo -ne  auth  ATOKEN ngeo fix -99 133333 19 43333 2202 n     nc localhost 5554

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Finally with the latest release of Android Studio 4 and his new Emulator update 10 23 2019 it become easier   Start your emulator and go to emulator parameters       in  Routes  tab you can choose two points on the map from to and start a new route with an adjustable playback speed that can go to more than 1000km h

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If you re using Android Studio  1 3     Click on Menu  Tools   Android   Android device monitor  click on your current Emulator Tab  Emulator Control  go to  Location Controls  and enter Lat and Lon

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In eclipse   You may have to drag the DDMS window down   Location Controls  is located under  Telephony Actions  and may be hidden by a normally sized console view   the bar with console  LogCat etc may be covering it

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Using the  geo  command in the emulator console  To send mock location data from the command line    Launch your application in the Android emulator and open a terminal console in your SDK s  tools directory  Connect to the emulator console   telnet localhost 5555  Replace 5555 with whatever port your emulator is running on  Send the location data          geo fix to send a fixed geo-location   This command accepts a longitude and latitude in decimal degrees  and an optional altitude in meters  For example   geo fix -121 45356 46 51119 4392

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1  Android Studio users  After running the emulator goto Tools- gt Android- gt Android device monitor Click the Emulator Control Tab change from the location controls group  2  Eclipse users  First In Eclipse In Menu Select  quot Window quot  then Select  quot Open Perspective quot  then Select  quot DDMS quot   i e Window- gt Open Prespective- gt DDMS  You will see on Left Side Devices Panel and on Right Side you will see different tabs  Select  quot Emulator Control quot  Tab  At bottom you will see Location Controls Panel  Select  quot Manual quot  Tab  Enter Longitude and Latitude in Textboxs then Click Send Button  It will send the position to you emulator and the application  3  Using telnet  In the run command type this  telnet localhost 5554  If you are not using windows you can use any telnet client  After connecting with telnet use the following command to send your position to emulator  geo fix long lat     geo fix -121 45356 46 51119 4392  4  Use the browser based Google maps tool There is a program that uses GWT and the Google Maps API to launch a browser-based map tool to set the GPS location in the emulator  android-gps-emulator

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Assuming you ve got a mapview set up and running   MapView mapView    MapView  findViewById R id mapview   final MyLocationOverlay myLocation   new MyLocationOverlay this  mapView    mapView getOverlays   add myLocation   myLocation enableMyLocation     myLocation runOnFirstFix new Runnable         public void run             GeoPoint pt   myLocation getMyLocation                You ll need the following permission in your manifest    lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION   gt    And to send mock coordinates to the emulator from Eclipse  Go to the  Window  menu  select  Show View     Other     Emulator control   and you can send coordinates from the emulator control pane that appears

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If the above solutions don t work  Try this   Inside your android Manifest xml  add the following two links OUTSIDE of the application tag  but inside your manifest tag of course   lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION   gt  lt  uses-permission gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission INTERNET   gt  lt  uses-permission gt

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If you re using Eclipse  go to Window- gt Open Perspective- gt DDMS  then type one in Location Controls and hit Send

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I wrote a python script to push gps locations to the emulator via telnet  It defines a source and a destination location  There is also a time offset which lets you control how long coordinates will be pushed to the device  One location is beeing pushed once a second   In the example below the script moves from Berlin to Hamburg in 120 seconds  One step gps location per second with random distances       usr bin python   - - coding  utf-8 - - import sys import telnetlib from time import sleep import random  HOST    127 0 0 1  PORT   5554 TIMEOUT   10 LAT SRC   52 5243700 LNG SRC   13 4105300 LAT DST   53 5753200 LNG DST   10 0153400 SECONDS   120  LAT MAX STEP     max LAT DST  LAT SRC  - min LAT DST  LAT SRC     SECONDS    2 LNG MAX STEP     max LNG DST  LNG SRC  - min LNG DST  LNG SRC     SECONDS    2  DIRECTION LAT   1 if LAT DST - LAT SRC  gt  0 else -1 DIRECTION LNG   1 if LNG DST - LNG SRC  gt  0 else -1  lat   LAT SRC lng   LNG SRC  tn   telnetlib Telnet HOST  PORT  TIMEOUT  tn set debuglevel 9  tn read until  OK   5   tn write  geo fix  0   1  n  format LNG SRC  LAT SRC    tn write  exit n    for i in range SECONDS       lat    round random uniform 0  LAT MAX STEP   7    DIRECTION LAT     lng    round random uniform 0  LNG MAX STEP   7    DIRECTION LNG       tn read until  OK   5      tn write  geo fix  0   1  n  format lng  lat        tn write  exit n       sleep 1   tn write  geo fix  0   1  n  format LNG DST  LAT DST   tn write  exit n    print tn read all

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First go in DDMS section in your eclipse  Than open emulator Control                                   Go To Manual Section                                            set lat and long and then press Send Button

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I use eclipse plug DDMS function to send GPS

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I was unable to get a GPS fix on the emulator when emulator was running Android image without Google APIs  As soon as I changed the image to contain Google APIs all of the here mentioned ways to get a GPS fix worked   Make sure you select an image with Google APIs when creating AVD

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In Mac  Linux or Cygwin   echo  geo fix -99 133333 19 43333 2202    nc localhost 5554   That will put you in Mexico City  Change your longitude latitude altitude accordingly  That should be enough if you are not interested in nmea

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No one here mentioned the built in solution of the emulator itself  so for future visitors  I d like to share it with visuals   First  run your Android Emulator and click on the menu button  3 dots  shown below     Then from the left pane  select Location and change the coordinates according to your needs  After pressing Send button  changes will immediately take effect  I recommend you to open up Google Maps for better understanding      Android Studio Version  2 3 3  In addition  to make your different locations coming to your application in real time  you can use GPX file  It s very easy to create this file from Google Map direction link    Go to google map  choose a location  then press  Directions  and enter the second location  After route is created  copy a link from the browser Go to this website  https   mapstogpx com and paste the link to  Let s Go  box Press the  Let s Go  button and GPX file will be downloaded    Use  Load GPS KML  button to load the created file to your emulator  choose speed  and press green play button on the bottom  Locations will be sent in real time as shown on the picture below

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