How do I find out if the GPS of an Android device is enabled

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On an Android Cupcake  1 5  enabled device  how do I check and activate the GPS

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Here are the steps   Step 1  Create services running in background   Step 2  You require following permission in Manifest file too   android permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION   Step 3  Write code    final LocationManager manager    LocationManager context getSystemService     Context LOCATION SERVICE     if    manager isProviderEnabled  LocationManager GPS PROVIDER       Toast makeText context   GPS is disabled    Toast LENGTH LONG  show     else   Toast makeText context   GPS is enabled    Toast LENGTH LONG  show      Step 4  Or simply you can check using   LocationManager manager    LocationManager  getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE    boolean statusOfGPS   manager isProviderEnabled LocationManager GPS PROVIDER     Step 5  Run your services continuously to monitor connection

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In android  we can easily check whether GPS is enabled in device or not using LocationManager   Here is a simple program to Check   GPS Enabled or Not  - Add the below user permission line in AndroidManifest xml to Access Location   lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS FINE LOCATION    gt    Your java class file should be  public class ExampleApp extends Activity           Called when the activity is first created         protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout main           LocationManager locationManager    LocationManager  getSystemService LOCATION SERVICE            if  locationManager isProviderEnabled LocationManager GPS PROVIDER                Toast makeText this   GPS is Enabled in your devide   Toast LENGTH SHORT  show             else              showGPSDisabledAlertToUser                         private void showGPSDisabledAlertToUser            AlertDialog Builder alertDialogBuilder   new AlertDialog Builder this           alertDialogBuilder setMessage  GPS is disabled in your device  Would you like to enable it             setCancelable false           setPositiveButton  Goto Settings Page To Enable GPS                   new DialogInterface OnClickListener                public void onClick DialogInterface dialog  int id                   Intent callGPSSettingIntent   new Intent                          android provider Settings ACTION LOCATION SOURCE SETTINGS                   startActivity callGPSSettingIntent                                     alertDialogBuilder setNegativeButton  Cancel                   new DialogInterface OnClickListener                public void onClick DialogInterface dialog  int id                   dialog cancel                                      AlertDialog alert   alertDialogBuilder create            alert show              The output will looks like

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In Kotlin  How to check GPS is enable or not  val manager   getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE  as LocationManager         if   manager isProviderEnabled LocationManager GPS PROVIDER                 checkGPSEnable                private fun checkGPSEnable             val dialogBuilder   AlertDialog Builder this          dialogBuilder setMessage  quot Your GPS seems to be disabled  do you want to enable it  quot                    setCancelable false                   setPositiveButton  quot Yes quot   DialogInterface OnClickListener   dialog  id                     - gt                      startActivity Intent android provider Settings ACTION LOCATION SOURCE SETTINGS                                       setNegativeButton  quot No quot   DialogInterface OnClickListener   dialog  id - gt                      dialog cancel                              val alert   dialogBuilder create           alert show

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Kotlin Solution   private fun locationEnabled     Boolean       val locationManager   getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE  as LocationManager     return locationManager isProviderEnabled LocationManager GPS PROVIDER

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Here is the snippet worked in my case final LocationManager manager    LocationManager  getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE    if    manager isProviderEnabled  LocationManager GPS PROVIDER           buildAlertMessageNoGps

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yes GPS settings cannot be changed programatically any more as they are privacy settings and we have to check if they are switched on or not from the program and handle it if they are not switched on  you can notify the user that GPS is turned off and use something like this to show the settings screen to the user if you want   Check if location providers are available      String provider   Settings Secure getString getContentResolver    Settings Secure LOCATION PROVIDERS ALLOWED       if provider    null           Log v TAG    Location providers    provider             Start searching for location and update the location text when update available         startFetchingLocation         else             Notify users and show settings if they want to enable GPS         If the user want to enable GPS you may show the settings screen in this way   Intent intent   new Intent Settings ACTION LOCATION SOURCE SETTINGS   startActivityForResult intent  REQUEST CODE     And in your onActivityResult you can see if the user has enabled it or not      protected void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent data           if requestCode    REQUEST CODE  amp  amp  resultCode    0               String provider   Settings Secure getString getContentResolver    Settings Secure LOCATION PROVIDERS ALLOWED               if provider    null                   Log v TAG    Location providers    provider                     Start searching for location and update the location text when update available      Do whatever you want                 startFetchingLocation                 else                    Users did not switch on the GPS                                 Thats one way to do it and i hope it helps  Let me know if I am doing anything wrong

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Best way seems to be the following    final LocationManager manager    LocationManager  getSystemService  Context LOCATION SERVICE         if    manager isProviderEnabled  LocationManager GPS PROVIDER               buildAlertMessageNoGps             private void buildAlertMessageNoGps         final AlertDialog Builder builder   new AlertDialog Builder this       builder setMessage  Your GPS seems to be 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                                               setNegativeButton  No   new DialogInterface OnClickListener                    public void onClick final DialogInterface dialog   SuppressWarnings  unused   final int id                        dialog cancel                                        final AlertDialog alert   builder create        alert show

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This method will use the LocationManager service   Source Link     Check GPS Status true false public static boolean checkGPSStatus Context context       LocationManager manager    LocationManager  context getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE        boolean statusOfGPS   manager isProviderEnabled LocationManager GPS PROVIDER       return statusOfGPS

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Yes you can check below is the code   public boolean isGPSEnabled  Context mContext       LocationManager locationManager    LocationManager                  mContext getSystemService Context LOCATION SERVICE       return locationManager isProviderEnabled LocationManager GPS PROVIDER

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GPS will be used if the user has allowed it to be used in its settings    You can t explicitly switch this on anymore  but you don t have to - it s a privacy setting really  so you don t want to tweak it  If the user is OK with apps getting precise co-ordinates it ll be on  Then the location manager API will use GPS if it can   If your app really isn t useful without GPS  and it s off  you can open the settings app at the right screen using an intent so the user can enable it

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In your LocationListener  implement onProviderEnabled and onProviderDisabled event handlers  When you call requestLocationUpdates       if GPS is disabled on the phone  onProviderDisabled will be called  if user enables GPS  onProviderEnabled will be called

[android] How do I find out if the GPS of an Android device is enabled

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