Getting Latitude and Longitude 0.0 in Android M
Solution 1
With the help of CommonsWare and Blackkara answer, I was able to solve my problem.
As per their suggestion I have changed my code and have a look after each and every step of my code with debugging.
Due to that I came with the problem that my onLocationChanged() did not get fired in the case of Marshmallow but surprisingly, it gets fire in the case of older devices which are less than Android M or 6.0.
For solving this I have changed my code as below, here I am posting the full code so that anyone who has the same problem can get rid of it.
GPSTracker.java
public class GPSTracker extends Service{
private Context mContext;
// Flag for GPS status
boolean isGPSEnabled = false;
// Flag for network status
boolean isNetworkEnabled = false;
// Flag for GPS status
boolean canGetLocation = false;
Location location; // Location
double latitude; // Latitude
double longitude; // Longitude
// The minimum distance to change Updates in meters
private static final long MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES = 1000; // 10 meters
// The minimum time between updates in milliseconds
private static final long MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES = 1000 * 60 * 1; // 1 minute
// Declaring a Location Manager
protected LocationManager locationManager;
Activity activity;
public GPSTracker() {
}
public GPSTracker(Context context, Activity activity) {
this.mContext = context;
this.activity = activity;
getLocation();
}
public Location getLocation() {
try {
locationManager = (LocationManager) mContext.getSystemService(LOCATION_SERVICE);
// Getting GPS status
isGPSEnabled = locationManager
.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
// Getting network status
isNetworkEnabled = locationManager
.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
if (!isGPSEnabled && !isNetworkEnabled) {
// No network provider is enabled
} else {
this.canGetLocation = true;
if (isNetworkEnabled) {
int requestPermissionsCode = 50;
locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(
LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER,
MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES,
MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES, mLocationListener);
Log.d("Network", "Network");
if (locationManager != null) {
location = locationManager
.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
if (location != null) {
latitude = location.getLatitude();
longitude = location.getLongitude();
}
}
}
}
// If GPS enabled, get latitude/longitude using GPS Services
if (isGPSEnabled) {
if (location == null) {
if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(activity, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED && ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(activity, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(activity, new String[]{Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION}, 50);
} else {
locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(
LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER,
MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES,
MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES, mLocationListener);
Log.d("GPS Enabled", "GPS Enabled");
if (locationManager != null) {
location = locationManager
.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
if (location != null) {
latitude = location.getLatitude();
longitude = location.getLongitude();
}
}
}
}
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return location;
}
/**
* Stop using GPS listener
* Calling this function will stop using GPS in your app.
* */
public void stopUsingGPS() {
}
private final LocationListener mLocationListener = new LocationListener() {
@Override
public void onLocationChanged(final Location location) {
if (location != null) {
latitude = location.getLatitude();
longitude = location.getLongitude();
}
}
@Override
public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {
}
@Override
public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {
}
@Override
public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {
}
};
/**
* Function to get latitude
* */
public double getLatitude(){
if(location != null){
latitude = location.getLatitude();
}
// return latitude
return latitude;
}
/**
* Function to get longitude
* */
public double getLongitude(){
if(location != null){
longitude = location.getLongitude();
}
// return longitude
return longitude;
}
/**
* Function to check GPS/Wi-Fi enabled
* @return boolean
* */
public boolean canGetLocation() {
return this.canGetLocation;
}
/**
* Function to show settings alert dialog.
* On pressing the Settings button it will launch Settings Options.
* */
public void showSettingsAlert() {
AlertDialog.Builder alertDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(mContext);
// Setting Dialog Title
alertDialog.setTitle("GPS is settings");
// Setting Dialog Message
alertDialog.setMessage("GPS is not enabled. Do you want to go to settings menu?");
// On pressing the Settings button.
alertDialog.setPositiveButton("Settings", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
Intent intent = new Intent(Settings.ACTION_LOCATION_SOURCE_SETTINGS);
mContext.startActivity(intent);
}
});
// On pressing the cancel button
alertDialog.setNegativeButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
dialog.cancel();
}
});
// Showing Alert Message
alertDialog.show();
}
@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0) {
return null;
}
}
DashboardActivity.java
public class DashboardActivity extends Activity {
Context mContext;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_dashboard);
mContext = this;
if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(mContext, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED && ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(mContext, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(DashboardActivity.this, new String[]{Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION}, 1);
} else {
Toast.makeText(mContext,"You need have granted permission",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
gps = new GPSTracker(mContext, DashboardActivity.this);
// Check if GPS enabled
if (gps.canGetLocation()) {
double latitude = gps.getLatitude();
double longitude = gps.getLongitude();
// \n is for new line
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Your Location is - \nLat: " + latitude + "\nLong: " + longitude, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
} else {
// Can't get location.
// GPS or network is not enabled.
// Ask user to enable GPS/network in settings.
gps.showSettingsAlert();
}
}
}
@Override
public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String[] permissions, int[] grantResults) {
super.onRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode, permissions, grantResults);
switch (requestCode) {
case 1: {
// If request is cancelled, the result arrays are empty.
if (grantResults.length > 0
&& grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
// permission was granted, yay! Do the
// contacts-related task you need to do.
gps = new GPSTracker(mContext, DashboardActivity.this);
// Check if GPS enabled
if (gps.canGetLocation()) {
double latitude = gps.getLatitude();
double longitude = gps.getLongitude();
// \n is for new line
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Your Location is - \nLat: " + latitude + "\nLong: " + longitude, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
} else {
// Can't get location.
// GPS or network is not enabled.
// Ask user to enable GPS/network in settings.
gps.showSettingsAlert();
}
} else {
// permission denied, boo! Disable the
// functionality that depends on this permission.
Toast.makeText(mContext, "You need to grant permission", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
return;
}
}
}
}
Manifest.xml :
Permission which are added
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
Declare service in Application Tag:
<service android:name=".utilities.GPSTracker"/>
Solution 2
You could be having below causes?
First cause
Location provider is not giving you 0.0 values as latitude and longitude. You are getting what had you define first time. Because, you didn't receive fresh location or getLastKnownLocation() returns null. So latitude and longitude variables keep their first values (0.0)
double latitude;
double longitude;
Second cause
Whenever you call getLocation() method, getLastKnownLocation() method will be doing nothing until onLocationChanged fire! (depending on provider)
@Override
public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
}
Elaborated for 'depending on provider'
You have requested both gps and network providers.
requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER ... mLocationListener);
requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER ... mLocationListener);
And then has called getLastKnownLocation method for both two providers
locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
Assume that those two providers have returned null. In this case, you need to wait until onLocationChanged method has been fired. Otherwise you will be getting null from getLastKnownLocation method depending on provider
@Override
public void onLocationChanged(final Location location) {
String providerName = location.getProvider();
if(providerName.equals(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER)){
// onLocationChanged method is fired by gps provider.
// After this point, getLastKnownLocation(); method returns not-null
// for LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER
}
if( providerName.equals(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER)){
// onLocationChanged method is fired by network provider.
// After this point, getLastKnownLocation(); method returns not-null
// for LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER
}
}
Solution 3
First, remove these:
<permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
Those are defined by the platform, not you.
Also, you are not reacting when the user actually grants permission to you. Request the permissions in your activity, and do not create an instance of GPSTracker
until you have permission. That may be immediately, if checkSelfPermission()
says that you have permission. Otherwise, that will be when the activity is called with onRequestPermissionResult()
.
The location work itself is also buggy, in that you seem to think that you will get a location immediately, which will not be the case much of the time.
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KishuDroid about 2 years
I am suffering from the problem of getting value 0.0 as latitude and longitude in Android Marshmallow (API 23) i.e. 6.0.
I have searched a lot regarding this but didn't find solution of it. My code is fully working for the other API versions which are less than 23.
I have also put the code for selfPermission and which all are working instead it's giving me 0.0 as late and long.
Please have a look on the way I am following:
GPSTracker.java
public class GPSTracker extends Service implements LocationListener { private Context mContext; // Flag for GPS status boolean isGPSEnabled = false; // Flag for network status boolean isNetworkEnabled = false; // Flag for GPS status boolean canGetLocation = false; Location location; // Location double latitude; // Latitude double longitude; // Longitude // The minimum distance to change Updates in meters private static final long MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES = 1000; // The minimum time between updates in milliseconds private static final long MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES = 1000 * 60 * 1; // 1 minute // Declaring a Location Manager protected LocationManager locationManager; Activity activity; public GPSTracker() { } public GPSTracker(Context context, Activity activity) { this.mContext = context; this.activity = activity; getLocation(); } public Location getLocation() { try { locationManager = (LocationManager) mContext.getSystemService(LOCATION_SERVICE); // Getting GPS status isGPSEnabled = locationManager .isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER); // Getting network status isNetworkEnabled = locationManager .isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER); if (!isGPSEnabled && !isNetworkEnabled) { // No network provider is enabled } else { this.canGetLocation = true; if (isNetworkEnabled) { int requestPermissionsCode = 50; if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(activity, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED && ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(activity, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) { ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(activity, new String[]{Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION}, requestPermissionsCode); } else { locationManager.requestLocationUpdates( LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER, MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES, MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES, this); Log.d("Network", "Network"); if (locationManager != null) { location = locationManager .getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER); if (location != null) { latitude = location.getLatitude(); longitude = location.getLongitude(); } } } } // If GPS enabled, get latitude/longitude using GPS Services if (isGPSEnabled) { if (location == null) { if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(activity, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED && ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(activity, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) { ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(activity, new String[]{Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION}, 50); } else { locationManager.requestLocationUpdates( LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES, MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES, this); Log.d("GPS Enabled", "GPS Enabled"); if (locationManager != null) { location = locationManager .getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER); if (location != null) { latitude = location.getLatitude(); longitude = location.getLongitude(); } } } } } } } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return location; } /** * Stop using GPS listener * Calling this function will stop using GPS in your app. * */ public void stopUsingGPS() { if (locationManager != null) { if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(activity, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED && ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(activity, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) { ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(activity, new String[]{Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION}, 50); } else { locationManager.removeUpdates(GPSTracker.this); } } } /** * Function to get latitude * */ public double getLatitude(){ if(location != null){ latitude = location.getLatitude(); } // return latitude return latitude; } /** * Function to get longitude * */ public double getLongitude(){ if(location != null){ longitude = location.getLongitude(); } // return longitude return longitude; } /** * Function to check GPS/Wi-Fi enabled * @return boolean * */ public boolean canGetLocation() { return this.canGetLocation; } /** * Function to show settings alert dialog. * On pressing the Settings button it will launch Settings Options. * */ public void showSettingsAlert(){ AlertDialog.Builder alertDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(mContext); // Setting Dialog Title alertDialog.setTitle("GPS is settings"); // Setting Dialog Message alertDialog.setMessage("GPS is not enabled. Do you want to go to settings menu?"); // On pressing the Settings button. alertDialog.setPositiveButton("Settings", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() { public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog,int which) { Intent intent = new Intent(Settings.ACTION_LOCATION_SOURCE_SETTINGS); mContext.startActivity(intent); } }); // On pressing the cancel button alertDialog.setNegativeButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() { public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) { dialog.cancel(); } }); // Showing Alert Message alertDialog.show(); } @Override public void onLocationChanged(Location location) { } @Override public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) { } @Override public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) { } @Override public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) { } @Override public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0) { return null; } }
DashboardActivity.java:
In onCreate() I have initialized GPSTracker:
gps = new GPSTracker(mContext,DashboardActivity.this); // Check if GPS enabled if(gps.canGetLocation()) { double latitude = gps.getLatitude(); double longitude = gps.getLongitude(); // \n is for new line Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Your Location is - \nLat: " + latitude + "\nLong: " + longitude, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); } else { // Can't get location. // GPS or network is not enabled. // Ask user to enable GPS/network in settings. gps.showSettingsAlert(); }
AndroidManifest.xml
<permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" /> <permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
I have gone through many links provided in Stack Overflow but none of them helped me to solve this problem.
I would appreciate any kind of help here.
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Vivek Mishra about 8 yearsare you granting permission to app to access location?
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KishuDroid about 8 years@VivekMishra: Yes I have granted for both the permission.
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KishuDroid about 8 years@VivekMishra: Yes I have answered you for that
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KishuDroid about 8 years@AndanHM: That was not my solution, but thanks for it.
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KishuDroid about 8 yearsLet me try the way what you suggested.
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KishuDroid about 8 yearsStill I am getting 0.0 as latitude and longitude. I have changed my code as you suggested but still not working :-(
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KishuDroid about 8 yearsDepending on the provider, what does it mean? Can you please eloborate it?
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blackkara about 8 yearsEdited the answer.
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IntelliJ Amiya over 7 yearsThanks for your work .First time lat,long showing
0.0
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Sidhartha almost 7 yearsI have implemented your code , but still getting 0.0 in Marshmallow .
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Selvin almost 6 years
new GPSTracker(mContext, DashboardActivity.this)
andGPSTracker extends Service
? this is not how we starting services on Android platform Declare service in Application Tag: what for? you never use this service in the right way, so service element is not necessary -
jhfdr3s almost 6 yearsshouldn't you need to call user-feature ? <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.location.network" /> <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.location.gps" />