How to? Listen for Location Setting being turned ON (Android App)

Question

So I\'ve spent the past few weeks working on my Android App and looking into the best way of implementing what I need to do, but still can\'t quite get it right.. Any/all he

Answer 1

Here is a solution using dynamic registration:

In your fragment or activity's onResume() method, listen to changes in LocationManager.PROVIDERS_CHANGED_ACTION

IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(LocationManager.PROVIDERS_CHANGED_ACTION);
filter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_PROVIDER_CHANGED);
mActivity.registerReceiver(gpsSwitchStateReceiver, filter);

Here is a code sample for the gpsSwitchStateReceiver object:

private BroadcastReceiver gpsSwitchStateReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
        @Override
        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {


            if (LocationManager.PROVIDERS_CHANGED_ACTION.equals(intent.getAction())) {
                // Make an action or refresh an already managed state.

                LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager) context.getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
                boolean isGpsEnabled = locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
                boolean isNetworkEnabled = locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);

                if (isGpsEnabled || isNetworkEnabled) {
                    Log.i(this.getClass().getName(), "gpsSwitchStateReceiver.onReceive() location is enabled : isGpsEnabled = " + isGpsEnabled + " isNetworkEnabled = " + isNetworkEnabled);
                } else {
                    Log.w(this.getClass().getName(), "gpsSwitchStateReceiver.onReceive() location disabled ");
                }
            }
        }
    };

In your onPause() method, unregister the receiver

mActivity.unregisterReceiver(gpsSwitchStateReceiver);