The GoogleApiClient
has been depreceted and now I am having some trouble learning the latest way to get constant location updates. Also, can I get the location updates using LocationCallback
and LocationRequetMethod
??
I am glad that I finally found it. The code is short. I have used LocationRequest
and LocationCallback
method. Also, I have used the fusedLocationProviderClient
for requestLocationUpdates
.
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private FusedLocationProviderClient fusedLocationProviderClient;
TextView locationTextView;
LocationRequest locationRequest;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
locationTextView = findViewById(R.id.location_text);
fusedLocationProviderClient = LocationServices.getFusedLocationProviderClient(this);
//Not the best practices to get runtime permissions, but still here I ask permissions.
if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED
&& ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(MainActivity.this, new String[]{Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION}, 1);
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(MainActivity.this, new String[]{Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION}, 2);
}
//Instantiating the Location request and setting the priority and the interval I need to update the location.
locationRequest = locationRequest.create();
locationRequest.setInterval(100);
locationRequest.setFastestInterval(50);
locationRequest.setPriority(LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY);
//instantiating the LocationCallBack
LocationCallback locationCallback = new LocationCallback() {
@Override
public void onLocationResult(LocationResult locationResult) {
if (locationResult != null) {
if (locationResult == null) {
return;
}
//Showing the latitude, longitude and accuracy on the home screen.
for (Location location : locationResult.getLocations()) {
locationTextView.setText(MessageFormat.format("Lat: {0} Long: {1} Accuracy: {2}", location.getLatitude(),
location.getLongitude(), location.getAccuracy()));
}
}
}
};
fusedLocationProviderClient.requestLocationUpdates(locationRequest, locationCallback, Looper.getMainLooper());
}
}
In activity_main.xml
<TextView
android:id="@+id/location_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:fontFamily="@font/andika"
android:text="Hello World!"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
Also, before all these, I have added this in my dependencies
implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:17.0.0'
And this in my Manifest
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>
And this keeps on updating in intervals you choose