Ask user to turn on Location

Question

How can I prompt the user to turn on Location?

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The app is supposed to filter a list of locations with the current location of the user. If the

Answer 1

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private void turnGPSOn(){
   String provider = Settings.Secure.getString(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")); 
    sendBroadcast(poke);
 }
}

private void turnGPSOff(){
   String provider = Settings.Secure.getString(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")); 
    sendBroadcast(poke);
}
}

private boolean canToggleGPS() {
   PackageManager pacman = getPackageManager();
PackageInfo pacInfo = null;

   try {
    pacInfo = pacman.getPackageInfo("com.android.settings", PackageManager.GET_RECEIVERS);
   } catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
    return false; //package not found
   }

   if(pacInfo != null){
    for(ActivityInfo actInfo : pacInfo.receivers){
        //test if recevier is exported. if so, we can toggle GPS.
        if(actInfo.name.equals("com.android.settings.widget.SettingsAppWidgetProvider") && actInfo.exported){
            return true;
        }
    }
 }

 return false; //default
}