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Konstantin Konopko
Konstantin Konopko

Reputation: 5418

Differences of location services

I newbie in location and trying make service to show my current location and another one location saved previously. And what the difference of using LocationListener vs LocationClient?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 156

Answers (2)

GrIsHu
GrIsHu

Reputation: 23638

Location Manager was introduced in Android SDK and can be used as a feature of android.

Location Client is something that's part of Google Play SDK and is introduced in the recent Google IO 2013.

You can understand that since LocationClient is the latest, it is more efficient in getting the location with minimal energy(battery drain) with greater accuracy.

Reasons to use LOCATIONCLIENT because:

  • The location update behavior is very abnormal and wont work as you expect. i.e. The location updates get stuck when switching networks. (It keeps giving you some old location)

  • The location client wont work on modified android versions of the android OS, as it requires Google play services.

Location Client might be good on the battery of the phone but it won't be good with giving you timely accurate location updates.

I recommend good old Location Manager as I don't find location client reliable at all.

Note : There is no point of saving battery if you are not even getting your current location in a location based application.

Upvotes: 1

shkschneider
shkschneider

Reputation: 18243

The LocationListener connects to the LocationManager and retrieves your location. This worked and works fine.

The LocationClient is a new way to implement this while some of the rest gets deprecated. It features more functions.

Both methods actually works.

Upvotes: 1

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