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androidperformanceservicegpslocation
Erel Hansav
Erel Hansav

Reputation: 71

Android Service which keeps track of my current location and/or speed

I want to write a Service which keeps track of my current location (and a different Service for my speed). I've seen some code examples, but all them are for Activities and not for Services. I want the Service to keep track until I stop it. How do I do it?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 988

Answers (1)

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1006584

I want to write a SERVICE which keeps track of my current location (and a different Service for my speed).

You can do both tasks with one service. You do not need two services.

How do i do it?

Call requestLocationUpdates() on a LocationManager in onCreate() of your Service. Call removeUpdates() in onDestroy() of your Service. Collect the location and speed data in onLocationChanged() of the LocationListener that you supplied to requestLocationUpdates(). Make sure that the user has complete control over when startService() and stopService() are called. Also, request the appropriate permission (e.g., ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION).

Upvotes: 1

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