Android 4.1.2 How to turn off GPS programmatically

Question

I am trying to switch on GPS by code. The following is the code I\'ve used.

String provider = Settings.Secure.getString(context.getContentResolver(),Settings         


        

Answer 1

public void turnGPSOn()
{
     Intent intent = new Intent("android.location.GPS_ENABLED_CHANGE");
     intent.putExtra("enabled", true);
     this.ctx.sendBroadcast(intent);

    String provider = Settings.Secure.getString(ctx.getContentResolver(), Settings.Secure.LOCATION_PROVIDERS_ALLOWED);
    if(!provider.contains("gps")){ //if gps is disabled
        final Intent poke = new Intent();
        poke.setClassName("com.android.settings", "com.android.settings.widget.SettingsAppWidgetProvider"); 
        poke.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_ALTERNATIVE);
        poke.setData(Uri.parse("3")); 
        this.ctx.sendBroadcast(poke);


    }
}

Method1:

 // automatic turn off the gps
    public void turnGPSOff()
    {
        String provider = Settings.Secure.getString(ctx.getContentResolver(), Settings.Secure.LOCATION_PROVIDERS_ALLOWED);
        if(provider.contains("gps")){ //if gps is enabled
            final Intent poke = new Intent();
            poke.setClassName("com.android.settings", "com.android.settings.widget.SettingsAppWidgetProvider");
            poke.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_ALTERNATIVE);
            poke.setData(Uri.parse("3")); 
            this.ctx.sendBroadcast(poke);
        }
    }

try this if above method doesn't work

Method 2:

Intent intent = new Intent("android.location.GPS_ENABLED_CHANGE"); intent.putExtra("enabled", false);
sendBroadcast(intent);