How to turn on the GPS on Android

Question

I am developing an android app which needs to activate the GPS.

I read a lot of topics in a lot of forums and the answer I\'ve found is:

it\'

Answer 1

Use this code //turnGPSON called After setcontentView(xml)

 private void turnGPSOn() {

    String provider = android.provider.Settings.Secure.getString(
            getContentResolver(),
            android.provider.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"));
        sendBroadcast(poke);
    }
}**