enabling GPS programmatically not working

Question

I am trying to enable/disable (toggle) GPS programmatically in my app via a button click, but it is not working. Please help. My target devices are not rooted.

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Answer 1

I am trying to enable/disable (toggle) GPS programmatically in my app via a button click

This is not possible on modern versions of Android, for obvious privacy reasons.

but it is not working

There is no android.location.GPS_ENABLED_CHANGE action in the Android SDK. There is one used internally, but it merely announces a state change -- it does not actually change the state itself.