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Hassene Benammou
Hassene Benammou

Reputation: 379

Android getting Longitude and latitude always returns 0.0

I'm trying to get the longitude and latitude for android, here is my code: 

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

    LocationListener locationListener = new MyLocationListener();
    locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(
            LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 5000, 10, locationListener);




 public class MyLocationListener implements LocationListener {

    @Override
    public void onLocationChanged(Location loc) {
        longitude = Double.toString(loc.getLongitude());
        latitude = Double.toString(loc.getLatitude());
    }

    @Override
    public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {}

    @Override
    public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {}

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

Manifest Permissions: 

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

I'm always getting 0.0s for longitude and latitude

Upvotes: 9

Views: 17051

Answers (3)

Raja Kammara
Raja Kammara

Reputation: 21

<!-- Needed only if your app targets Android 5.0 (API level 21) or higher. -->
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.location.gps" />

You need to add permission request in the manifest file above 5.0 version as mentioned in Android developer portal

Source

Upvotes: 2

eldjon
eldjon

Reputation: 2840

except the permissions that @AshishPedhadiya mentioned you are listening only to the GPS provider. 

LocationListener locationListener = new MyLocationListener();
locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(
        LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 5000, 10, locationListener);

GPS does not work inside. So when you test your application it will practically always return the (0,0) location. You may want to listen to NETWORK_PROVIDER as well which in absent of the GPS location it estimates the location coming from cell towers and WiFi spots. 

locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(
        LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER, 5000, 10, locationListener);

Furthermore to get a quick geographic location check out the Application.getLastKnownLocation() method.

Upvotes: 5

Ashish Pedhadiya
Ashish Pedhadiya

Reputation: 458

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> 
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
add this permission to your manifest file

Upvotes: 1

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