android-location

Earlier to get user current location I have used LocationManager: LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE); if (locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER)) { location = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER); } else if (locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER)) { location = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER); } It is easy to read and very straightforward code. But I have noticed that Google recently released New

I'm wondering for the fused location, does any of the above use a combination of gps + wifi network together? what is the difference in terms of provider (does any of it uses the gps)? from what i see in the documentation the difference is only distance I've previously worked with LocationManager and used NETWORK_PROVIDER and GPS_PROVIDER together to get a combination of those two provider. mike47 The new fused location providers take a slightly different approach compared to previous methods. Developers now choose how much battery power is used to calculate a location instead of which device

I need to share location from my app using the share intent activity, I have gone through some examples and know how to implement share intent. However I am stuck at setType. I need my application to share location details as well the users location on a map. By the way i copied a users code with a very similar question"no offence" Any assistance would be really appreciated. Intent intent1 = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND); intent1.setType("text/plain"); intent1.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "The status update text"); startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent1, "Select prefered Service")); Ankit

Is it possible to get the information on the location mode which the user has selected among the three modes under the location settings options i.e 1.Hight Accuracy 2.Battery Saving 3.GPS Only I want to programmatically check if user has selected High Accuracy mode if not then enable it automatically. Is it possible ? Please advice. kaolick It is possible to get the device's current location mode since API level 19 (Kitkat) : public int getLocationMode(Context context) { return Settings.Secure.getInt(activityUnderTest.getContentResolver(), Settings.Secure.LOCATION_MODE); } These are the

I am developing an app which is more of a time-shift racing between your friends. I need to calculate speed of a moving vehicle, and I don't want to use Location.getSpeed() method. (Explained in detail in the bottom why I don't want to use it) I am trying to calculate speed with the help of Latitude and Longitude available to me, and this is where I need help. The help needed: I would want to know is: If the algorithm is correct Should I calculate in Centimeters instead of meters And if there's any code/library already available which does it. I am using the following code: This gives me

I'm having trouble sending a string extra with my PendingIntent that I pass to LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.requestLocationUpdates(GoogleApiClient client, LocationRequest request, PendingIntent callbackIntent) . It appears that the username extra i'm putting onto the Intent is mangling the location that requestLocationUpdates is trying to hand off to my IntentService as intent.getParcelableExtra(FusedLocationProviderApi.KEY_LOCATION_CHANGED) returns null . EDIT I've tried making a User class that implements Parcelable and putting it as an extra: mRequestLocationUpdatesIntent.putExtra(