How to get Latitude and Longitude of the mobile device in android?

Question

How do I get the current Latitude and Longitude of the mobile device in android using location tools?

Answer 1

Use the LocationManager.

LocationManager lm = (LocationManager)getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);  Location location = lm.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER); double longitude = location.getLongitude(); double latitude = location.getLatitude(); 

The call to getLastKnownLocation() doesn't block - which means it will return null if no position is currently available - so you probably want to have a look at passing a LocationListener to the requestLocationUpdates() method instead, which will give you asynchronous updates of your location.

private final LocationListener locationListener = new LocationListener() {     public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {         longitude = location.getLongitude();         latitude = location.getLatitude();     } }  lm.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 2000, 10, locationListener); 

You'll need to give your application the ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permission if you want to use GPS.

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

You may also want to add the ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION permission for when GPS isn't available and select your location provider with the getBestProvider() method.