Location finder in Android

This article deals with accessing the location of the user using location providers, we need to set permissions in the android manifest file.

<manifest ... >

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />

   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission. ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />

   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

</manifest>

ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION is used when we use network location provider for our Android app. But, ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION is providing permission for both providers. INTERNET permission is must for the use of network provider.

package com;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.content.Context;

import android.location.Location;

import android.location.LocationListener;

import android.location.LocationManager;

import android.widget.TextView;

import android.util.Log;

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements LocationListener{

protected LocationManager locationManager;

protected LocationListener locationListener;

protected Context context;

TextView txtLat;

String lat;

String provider;

protected String latitude,longitude;

protected boolean gps_enabled,network_enabled;

@Override

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

txtLat = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textview1);

locationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);

locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 0, 0, this);

}

@Override

public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {

txtLat = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textview1);

txtLat.setText("Latitude:" + location.getLatitude() + ", Longitude:" + location.getLongitude());

}

@Override

public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {

Log.d("Latitude","disable");

}

@Override

public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {

Log.d("Latitude","enable");

}

@Override

public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {

Log.d("Latitude","status");

}

}

XML files for layout and android manifest are as shown below

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"

    android:layout_width="match_parent"

    android:layout_height="match_parent"

    tools:context=".MainActivity" >

    <TextView

        android:id="@+id/textview1"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"

        android:layout_centerVertical="true"

        android:text="@string/hello_world" />

</RelativeLayout>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    package="com.javapapers.android.geolocationfinder"

    android:versionCode="1"

    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk

        android:minSdkVersion="8"

        android:targetSdkVersion="17"        />

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />

    <application

        android:allowBackup="true"

        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"

        android:label="@string/app_name"

        android:theme="@style/AppBaseTheme" >

        <activity

            android:name="com.javapapers.android.geolocationfinder.MainActivity"

            android:label="@string/app_name" >

            <intent-filter>

                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />

            </intent-filter>

        </activity>

    </application>

</manifest>