How can I enable disable GPS programmatically in Android? [duplicate]

Question

I am creating an anti-theft application and, locating my phone through sms and it works perfectly until 2.3. But in 4.0 I can't turn on or off gps programmatically is there any other possible way to switch on gps through code.

Answer 1

Try using this code. It worked for me on all the versions.

public void turnGPSOn() {      Intent intent = new Intent("android.location.GPS_ENABLED_CHANGE");      intent.putExtra("enabled", true);      this.ctx.sendBroadcast(intent);      String provider = Settings.Secure.getString(ctx.getContentResolver(), Settings.Secure.LOCATION_PROVIDERS_ALLOWED);     if(!provider.contains("gps")){ //if gps is disabled         final Intent poke = new Intent();         poke.setClassName("com.android.settings", "com.android.settings.widget.SettingsAppWidgetProvider");          poke.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_ALTERNATIVE);         poke.setData(Uri.parse("3"));          this.ctx.sendBroadcast(poke);       } } // automatic turn off the gps public void turnGPSOff() {     String provider = Settings.Secure.getString(ctx.getContentResolver(), Settings.Secure.LOCATION_PROVIDERS_ALLOWED);     if(provider.contains("gps")){ //if gps is enabled         final Intent poke = new Intent();         poke.setClassName("com.android.settings", "com.android.settings.widget.SettingsAppWidgetProvider");         poke.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_ALTERNATIVE);         poke.setData(Uri.parse("3"));          this.ctx.sendBroadcast(poke);     } }