Send location updates to IntentService

Question

How can location updates be sent directly to Intent Service? The following approach does not work. OnConnected function is called but then the intent is never received in the service:

...
    private PendingIntent getLocationPendingIntent(boolean shouldCreate) {
        Intent broadcast = new Intent(m_context,LocationUpdateService.class);
        int flags = shouldCreate ? 0 : PendingIntent.FLAG_NO_CREATE;
        return PendingIntent.getService(m_context, 0, broadcast, flags);
    }



    @Override
    public void onConnected(Bundle arg0) {
        PendingIntent locationPendingIntent = getLocationPendingIntent(true);        
        LocationRequest locationRequest = new LocationRequest();
        locationRequest.setPriority(LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY);
        locationRequest.setInterval(LOCATION_UPDATE_INTERVAL);
        locationRequest.setFastestInterval(LOCATION_FASTEST_UPDATE_INTERVAL);
        LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.requestLocationUpdates(m_googleApiClient, locationRequest,locationPendingIntent);
}
...

Intent Service:

import android.app.IntentService;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.util.Log;

public class LocationUpdateService extends IntentService {

    public LocationUpdateService() {
        super(LocationUpdateService.class.getName());
    }


    @Override
    public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startID) {
        super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startID);
        Log.d("LocationUpdateService","Location received");
        return START_REDELIVER_INTENT;
    }

    @Override
    protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent) {
        Log.d("LocationUpdateService","Intent received");

    }   
}

Manifest file:

...
<service  android:name=".LocationUpdateService" />
...

Answer 1

Here is working and tested code that successfully sets up an IntentService as the receiver for the Intent included in the PendingIntent used for location updates, based on code found here.

First, the IntentService:

import android.app.IntentService;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.location.Location;
import android.util.Log;
import com.google.android.gms.location.FusedLocationProviderApi;
import com.google.android.gms.location.LocationResult;

public class LocationUpdateService extends IntentService {

    private final String TAG = "LocationUpdateService";
    Location location;

    public LocationUpdateService() {

        super("LocationUpdateService");
    }

    @Override
    protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent) {
        if (LocationResult.hasResult(intent)) {
            LocationResult locationResult = LocationResult.extractResult(intent);
            Location location = locationResult.getLastLocation();
            if (location != null) {
                 Log.d("locationtesting", "accuracy: " + location.getAccuracy() + " lat: " + location.getLatitude() + " lon: " + location.getLongitude());
            }
        }
    }
}

And here is the Activity code that registers for location updates with a PendingIntent that is sent to the IntentService:

import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.widget.Toast;
import com.google.android.gms.common.ConnectionResult;
import com.google.android.gms.common.api.GoogleApiClient;
import com.google.android.gms.location.LocationRequest;
import com.google.android.gms.location.LocationServices;

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements
        GoogleApiClient.ConnectionCallbacks, GoogleApiClient.OnConnectionFailedListener {

    LocationRequest mLocationRequest;
    GoogleApiClient mGoogleApiClient;
    PendingIntent mRequestLocationUpdatesPendingIntent;

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

        buildGoogleApiClient();
        mGoogleApiClient.connect();
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPause(){
        super.onPause();
        if (mGoogleApiClient != null) {
            LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.removeLocationUpdates(mGoogleApiClient, mRequestLocationUpdatesPendingIntent);
        }
    }

    protected synchronized void buildGoogleApiClient() {
        Toast.makeText(this,"buildGoogleApiClient",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        mGoogleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this)
                .addConnectionCallbacks(this)
                .addOnConnectionFailedListener(this)
                .addApi(LocationServices.API)
                .build();
    }

    @Override
    public void onConnected(Bundle bundle) {
        Toast.makeText(this,"onConnected",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

        mLocationRequest = new LocationRequest();
        mLocationRequest.setInterval(10);
        mLocationRequest.setFastestInterval(10);
        mLocationRequest.setPriority(LocationRequest.PRIORITY_BALANCED_POWER_ACCURACY);
        //mLocationRequest.setSmallestDisplacement(0.1F);

        // create the Intent to use WebViewActivity to handle results
        Intent mRequestLocationUpdatesIntent = new Intent(this, LocationUpdateService.class);

        // create a PendingIntent
        mRequestLocationUpdatesPendingIntent = PendingIntent.getService(getApplicationContext(), 0,
                mRequestLocationUpdatesIntent,
                PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);

        // request location updates
        LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.requestLocationUpdates(mGoogleApiClient,
                mLocationRequest,
                mRequestLocationUpdatesPendingIntent);
    }

    @Override
    public void onConnectionSuspended(int i) {
        Toast.makeText(this,"onConnectionSuspended",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }

    @Override
    public void onConnectionFailed(ConnectionResult connectionResult) {
        Toast.makeText(this,"onConnectionFailed",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
}

Resulting logs:

 D/locationtesting﹕ accuracy: 10.0 lat: 37.779702 lon: -122.3931595
 D/locationtesting﹕ accuracy: 10.0 lat: 37.7797023 lon: -122.3931594
 D/locationtesting﹕ accuracy: 10.0 lat: 37.7797022 lon: -122.3931596
 D/locationtesting﹕ accuracy: 10.0 lat: 37.7797021 lon: -122.3931597
 D/locationtesting﹕ accuracy: 10.0 lat: 37.7797021 lon: -122.3931596
 D/locationtesting﹕ accuracy: 10.0 lat: 37.7797019 lon: -122.3931597
 D/locationtesting﹕ accuracy: 10.0 lat: 37.7797019 lon: -122.3931597