How do I get the current GPS location programmatically in Android?

Question

I need to get my current location using GPS programmatically. How can i achieve it?

Answer 1

For just location checking you can use following code. You can put it in your onStart() of main activity and display alert dialog if return is false.

private boolean isLocationAccurate()
    {
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT)
        {
            String provider = Settings.Secure
                    .getString(getContentResolver(), Settings.Secure.LOCATION_PROVIDERS_ALLOWED);
            if (provider != null && !provider.contains("gps"))
            {
                return false;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            try
            {
                int status = Settings.Secure
                        .getInt(this.getContentResolver(), Settings.Secure.LOCATION_MODE);
                if (status != Settings.Secure.LOCATION_MODE_HIGH_ACCURACY)
                {
                    return false;
                }
            }
            catch (Settings.SettingNotFoundException e)
            {
                Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        return true;
    }