GoogleApiClient is not connected yet, even though onConnected is called and I'm creating my GoogleApiClient in onCreate

Question

I looked at this Q&A here: GoogleApiClient is throwing "GoogleApiClient is not connected yet" AFTER onConnected function getting called

As it seemed to

Answer 1

Your problem is in the onResume logic:

@Override
protected void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    if (!mGoogleApiClient.isConnected()) {
        mGoogleApiClient.connect();
    }

    resumeLocationUpdates();

}
private void resumeLocationUpdates() {
    Log.i("RESUMING", "RESUMING LOCATION UPDATES");
    LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.requestLocationUpdates(mGoogleApiClient, locationRequest, this);
}

The call to mGoogleApiClient.connect() is asynchronous. It returns before the connect is finished, and you are requesting location updates before the client is connected. You need to move the requestLocationUpdates call to the GoogleApiClient.onConnected callback. After this event, your client is connected.

@Override
protected void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    if (!mGoogleApiClient.isConnected()) {
        mGoogleApiClient.connect();
    }   
}

@Override
public void onConnected(Bundle bundle) {
    resumeLocationUpdates();
}