Android activate gps with AlertDialog: how to wait for the user to take action?

Question

I\'ve read different posts that there is no way to wait for the user to take an action when an AlertDialog is shown because it blocks the UI.

However,

Answer 1

What you can actually do is this :

GPSManager.java :

public class GPSManager {

    private Activity activity;
    private LocationManager mlocManager;
    private LocationListener gpsListener;

    public GPSManager(Activity activity) {
        this.activity = activity;
    }

    public void start() {
        mlocManager = (LocationManager) activity
                .getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);

        if (mlocManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER)) {
            setUp();
            findLoc();
        } else {
            AlertDialog.Builder alertDialogBuilder = new AlertDialog.Builder(
                    activity);
            alertDialogBuilder
                    .setMessage("GPS is disabled in your device. Enable it?")
                    .setCancelable(false)
                    .setPositiveButton("Enable GPS",
                            new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog,
                                        int id) {
                                    Intent callGPSSettingIntent = new Intent(
                                            android.provider.Settings.ACTION_LOCATION_SOURCE_SETTINGS);
                                    activity.startActivity(callGPSSettingIntent);
                                }
                            });
            alertDialogBuilder.setNegativeButton("Cancel",
                    new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
                            dialog.cancel();
                        }
                    });
            AlertDialog alert = alertDialogBuilder.create();
            alert.show();

        }
    }

    public void setUp() {
        gpsListener = new GPSListener(activity, mlocManager);
    }

    public void findLoc() {
        mlocManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 1, 1,
                gpsListener);

        if (mlocManager.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER) == null)
            Toast.makeText(activity, "LAST Location null", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
                    .show();
        else {
            gpsListener.onLocationChanged(mlocManager
                    .getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER));
        }
    }
}

GPSListener.java :

public class GPSListener implements LocationListener {

    private Activity activity;
    private LocationManager lm;
    private int numberOfUpdates;

    public static final int MAX_NUMBER_OF_UPDATES = 10;

    public GPSListener(Activity activity, LocationManager lm) {
        this.activity = activity;
        this.lm = lm;
    }

    @Override
    public void onLocationChanged(Location loc) {
        if (numberOfUpdates < MAX_NUMBER_OF_UPDATES) {
            numberOfUpdates++;

            Log.w("LAT", String.valueOf(loc.getLatitude()));
            Log.w("LONG", String.valueOf(loc.getLongitude()));
            Log.w("ACCURACY", String.valueOf(loc.getAccuracy() + " m"));
            Log.w("PROVIDER", String.valueOf(loc.getProvider()));
            Log.w("SPEED", String.valueOf(loc.getSpeed() + " m/s"));
            Log.w("ALTITUDE", String.valueOf(loc.getAltitude()));
            Log.w("BEARING", String.valueOf(loc.getBearing() + " degrees east of true north"));

            String message;

            if (loc != null) {
                message = "Current location is:  Latitude = "
                        + loc.getLatitude() + ", Longitude = "
                        + loc.getLongitude();
                // lm.removeUpdates(this);
            } else
                message = "Location null";

            Toast.makeText(activity, message, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        } else {
            lm.removeUpdates(this);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {
        Toast.makeText(activity, "Gps Disabled", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }

    @Override
    public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {
        Toast.makeText(activity, "Gps Enabled", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }

    @Override
    public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {

    }

}

And then from your activity :

GPSManager gps = new GPSManager(
                                    yourActivity.this);
                            gps.start();