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javaandroidgoogle-play-serviceslocation-services
sabo
sabo

Reputation: 943

How to find device location in a timely manner

I am creating an app that needs to find the location of the local device and compare it to the location of another device. I am attempting to use the Google Play Services location apis to find the locations of the devices but it seems like it just takes way too long to connect. I haven't seen it connect yet. It is either really slow or something isn't setup correctly. Are these apis normally pretty quick when connecting?

Here is what I have: 

public class LocationHandler implements GoogleApiClient.ConnectionCallbacks, GoogleApiClient.OnConnectionFailedListener
{
    private Activity currActivity = null;
    private GoogleApiClient mGoogleApiClient = null;

    public LocationHandler(Activity act)
    {
        currActivity = act;
    }

    public void Setup()
    {
        if (mGoogleApiClient == null)
        {
            mGoogleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(currActivity)
                .addConnectionCallbacks(this)
                .addOnConnectionFailedListener(this)
                .addApi(LocationServices.API)
                .build();
            mGoogleApiClient.connect();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onConnected(@Nullable Bundle bundle)
    {
        Toast.makeText(currActivity, "Connected to service.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }

    @Override
    public void onConnectionSuspended(int i)
    {

    }

    @Override
    public void onConnectionFailed(@NonNull ConnectionResult connectionResult)
    {

    }
}

I have the following permissions:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_GPS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

I have also added this to the build.gradle:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:9.2.0'

Upvotes: 0

Views: 99

Answers (1)

maddesa
maddesa

Reputation: 1014

In this case I would use the LocationManager:

public class LocationHandler implements implements LocationListener{
LocationManager mLocationManager;

  public void Setup(){
    mLocationManager = (LocationManager) getApplicationContext()
            .getSystemService(LOCATION_SERVICE);
    mLocationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER,
            500, 10, this);
  }

  @Override
  public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
    //do something with your location
  }

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

  @Override
  public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {}

  @Override
  public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {}
  }
}

This approach is straight forward and allows you to skip dealing with Google Play Services.

Upvotes: 1

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