CODEWITHSUNDEEP
android
user7090887
user7090887

Reputation: 81

How to check in realtime if Location services switched off by user in a tracking app

I am developing a tracking app using fused location api. I want to check programatically if user has turned off location services while app is running.

I am thinking of running a parallel thread to check if GPS has been turned off by user in every 5 sec using method LocationManager.isProviderEnabled().

Is this the right approach or there is a better way to do it?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 676

Answers (2)

Sangeeta
Sangeeta

Reputation: 991

Use broadcast receiver, when GPS settings will be changed, you will get automatically notified.

here is the link:

https://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/manifest-receivers.html

Upvotes: 2

AxelH
AxelH

Reputation: 14572

From the LocationListener documentation

abstract void onProviderEnabled(String provider)
Called when the provider is enabled by the user.

abstract void onProviderDisabled(String provider)
Called when the provider is disabled by the user.

So you could use those event to know if the provider you are using to listening the position is enable / disabled.

Upvotes: 1

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