How to use both GPS and Network Provider to get current location Latitude and Longitude values in Android

Question

In my Android application, I want to use both the GPS provider and the network provider for location updates for 5 seconds. First, I would like to use GPS provider (because it gives accurate results), and if the GPS provider returns latitude and longitude as 0.0 and 0.0, then I want to use network provider, but I don't want to use both the providers simultaneously. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

package loca.loca;

import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.TimerTask;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.location.Location;
import android.location.LocationListener;
import android.location.LocationManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.Toast;


public class LocationActivity extends Activity {

    double x,y;

    Timer timer;
    LocationManager lm;
    boolean gps_enabled = false;
    boolean network_enabled = false;

    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);


            lm = (LocationManager) this.getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);



            gps_enabled = lm.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
            network_enabled = lm.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);



        if (!gps_enabled && !network_enabled) {  Context context = getApplicationContext();
            int duration = Toast.LENGTH_SHORT;
            Toast toast = Toast.makeText(context, "nothing is enabled", duration);
            toast.show();

        }




        if (gps_enabled)
            lm.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 0, 0,
                    locationListenerGps);
        if (network_enabled)
            lm.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER, 0, 0,
                    locationListenerNetwork);
         timer=new Timer();
         timer.schedule(new GetLastLocation(), 20000);

    }

    LocationListener locationListenerGps = new LocationListener() {
        public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
            timer.cancel();
            x =location.getLatitude();
            y = location.getLongitude();
            lm.removeUpdates(this);
            lm.removeUpdates(locationListenerNetwork);

            Context context = getApplicationContext();
            int duration = Toast.LENGTH_SHORT;
            Toast toast = Toast.makeText(context, "gps enabled "+x + "\n" + y, duration);
            toast.show();
        }

        public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {
        }

        public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {
        }

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

    LocationListener locationListenerNetwork = new LocationListener() {
        public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
            timer.cancel();
            x = location.getLatitude();
            y = location.getLongitude();
            lm.removeUpdates(this);
            lm.removeUpdates(locationListenerGps);

            Context context = getApplicationContext();
            int duration = Toast.LENGTH_SHORT;
            Toast toast = Toast.makeText(context, "network enabled"+x + "\n" + y, duration);
            toast.show();
        }

        public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {
        }

        public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {
        }

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

    class GetLastLocation extends TimerTask {
        @Override
        public void run() {
             lm.removeUpdates(locationListenerGps);
             lm.removeUpdates(locationListenerNetwork);

             Location net_loc=null, gps_loc=null;
             if(gps_enabled)
                 gps_loc=lm.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
             if(network_enabled)
                 net_loc=lm.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);

             //if there are both values use the latest one
             if(gps_loc!=null && net_loc!=null){
                 if(gps_loc.getTime()>net_loc.getTime())
                {x = gps_loc.getLatitude();
                y = gps_loc.getLongitude();
                  Context context = getApplicationContext();
                    int duration = Toast.LENGTH_SHORT;
                    Toast toast = Toast.makeText(context, "gps lastknown "+x + "\n" + y, duration);
                    toast.show();
                }
                 else
                {x = net_loc.getLatitude();
                y = net_loc.getLongitude();
                Context context = getApplicationContext();
                int duration = Toast.LENGTH_SHORT;
                Toast toast = Toast.makeText(context, "network lastknown "+x + "\n" + y, duration);
                toast.show();

                }

             }

             if(gps_loc!=null){
                  {x = gps_loc.getLatitude();
                y = gps_loc.getLongitude();
                  Context context = getApplicationContext();
                    int duration = Toast.LENGTH_SHORT;
                    Toast toast = Toast.makeText(context, "gps lastknown "+x + "\n" + y, duration);
                    toast.show();
                  }

             }
             if(net_loc!=null){
                {x = net_loc.getLatitude();
                y = net_loc.getLongitude();
              Context context = getApplicationContext();
              int duration = Toast.LENGTH_SHORT;
              Toast toast = Toast.makeText(context, "network lastknown "+x + "\n" + y, duration);
                toast.show();

                }
             }
            Context context = getApplicationContext();
            int duration = Toast.LENGTH_SHORT;
            Toast toast = Toast.makeText(context, "no last know avilable", duration);
            toast.show();

}
}}