Turn on GPS function webview

Question

I've got a webView for my website that needs to access the user location, and it does that by pressing a button and displaying the position in a form. I need a way from the webView to ask the user to turn on the gps if it's off when clicking on the button (it has id="locate button"). How can I do that from Android studio?

My code:

MainActivity.java

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

private WebView webview;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[]{
            Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION,
            Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
    }, 0);

    webview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView);

    webview.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient());
    webview.getSettings().setAppCacheEnabled(true);
    webview.getSettings().setDatabaseEnabled(true);
    webview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
    webview.getSettings().setDomStorageEnabled(true);
    webview.getSettings().setJavaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically(true);
    webview.getSettings().setGeolocationEnabled(true);
    webview.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient() {
        @Override
        public void onGeolocationPermissionsShowPrompt(String origin, GeolocationPermissions.Callback callback) {
            callback.invoke(origin, true, false);
        }
    });
    webview.setOverScrollMode(WebView.OVER_SCROLL_NEVER);

    webview.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
        @Override
        public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url)
        {
            // hide element by class name
            webview.loadUrl("javascript:(function() { " + "document.getElementsByClassName('menu-icone-container')[0].style.display='none';  })()");
        }
    });
    webview.loadUrl("http://www.example.it");
}

EDIT: I found a way to check if gps is turned off and prompt the user to gps settings, but I am only able to call this method when the app launches, not when i press the button

 public void CheckEnableGPS() {
    String provider = Settings.Secure.getString(getContentResolver(),
            Settings.Secure.LOCATION_PROVIDERS_ALLOWED);
    if (!provider.contains("gps")){
        showSettingAlert();
    }

}

public void showSettingAlert()
{
    AlertDialog.Builder alertDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
    alertDialog.setTitle("Impostazioni GPS");
    alertDialog.setMessage("Per ottenere la posizione corrente il GPS deve essere attivo, attivarlo?");
    alertDialog.setPositiveButton("Impostazioni", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
            Intent intent = new Intent(Settings.ACTION_LOCATION_SOURCE_SETTINGS);
            startActivity(intent);
        }
    });
    alertDialog.setNegativeButton("Annulla", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
            dialog.cancel();
        }
    });
    alertDialog.show();
}

Answer 1

Use this code to show a prompt for the user to enable Location settings, it doesn't require the user to open the settings window of the phone:

private void displayLocationSettingsRequest(Context context) {
    GoogleApiClient googleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(context)
            .addApi(LocationServices.API).build();
    googleApiClient.connect();
    final String TAG = "YOUR-TAG-NAME";
    final int REQUEST_CHECK_SETTINGS = 0x1;

    LocationRequest locationRequest = LocationRequest.create();
    locationRequest.setPriority(LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY);
    locationRequest.setInterval(10000);
    locationRequest.setFastestInterval(10000 / 2);

    LocationSettingsRequest.Builder builder = new LocationSettingsRequest.Builder().addLocationRequest(locationRequest);
    builder.setAlwaysShow(true);

    PendingResult<LocationSettingsResult> result = LocationServices.SettingsApi.checkLocationSettings(googleApiClient, builder.build());
    result.setResultCallback(new ResultCallback<LocationSettingsResult>() {
        @Override
        public void onResult(LocationSettingsResult result) {
            final Status status = result.getStatus();
            switch (status.getStatusCode()) {
                case LocationSettingsStatusCodes.SUCCESS:
                    Log.i(TAG, "All location settings are satisfied.");
                    break;
                case LocationSettingsStatusCodes.RESOLUTION_REQUIRED:
                    Log.i(TAG, "Location settings are not satisfied. Show the user a dialog to upgrade location settings ");

                    try {
                        // Show the dialog by calling startResolutionForResult(), and check the result
                        // in onActivityResult().
                        status.startResolutionForResult(MainActivity.this, REQUEST_CHECK_SETTINGS);
                    } catch (IntentSender.SendIntentException e) {
                        Log.i(TAG, "PendingIntent unable to execute request.");
                    }
                    break;
                case LocationSettingsStatusCodes.SETTINGS_CHANGE_UNAVAILABLE:
                    Log.i(TAG, "Location settings are inadequate, and cannot be fixed here. Dialog not created.");
                    break;
            }
        }
    });
}

Answer 2

When your activity is launched, you can ask user to turn on his GPS. The first step is to create a location request.

      LocationRequest mLocationRequest = new LocationRequest();
      locationRequest.setPriority(LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY);
      locationRequest.setInterval(1000);
      locationRequest.setFastestInterval(5000);

Then, you have to create the location request settings :

LocationSettingsRequest.Builder builder = new LocationSettingsRequest.Builder()
 .addLocationRequest(mLocationRequest);

Next check whether the current location settings are satisfied:

SettingsClient client = LocationServices.getSettingsClient(this);
Task<LocationSettingsResponse> task = client.checkLocationSettings(builder.build());

Next, prompt the user to change location settings

task.addOnSuccessListener(this, new OnSuccessListener<LocationSettingsResponse>() {
@Override
public void onSuccess(LocationSettingsResponse locationSettingsResponse) {
    // All location settings are satisfied. The client can initialize
    // location requests here.
    // ...
    }
});
task.addOnFailureListener(this, new OnFailureListener() {
@Override
public void onFailure(@NonNull Exception e) {
    if (e instanceof ResolvableApiException) {
        // Location settings are not satisfied, but this can be fixed
        // by showing the user a dialog.
        try {
            // Show the dialog by calling startResolutionForResult(),
            // and check the result in onActivityResult().
            ResolvableApiException resolvable = (ResolvableApiException) e;
            resolvable.startResolutionForResult(MainActivity.this,
                    REQUEST_CHECK_SETTINGS);
        } catch (IntentSender.SendIntentException sendEx) {
            // Ignore the error.
        }
    }
}
});

Please check the officiel documentation : Link