Settings.Secure.ALLOW_MOCK_LOCATION always returns 1 even mock setting is Off

Question

I'm developing an app where a user will not be able to use it if mock location setting is enabled using this piece of code

if (Settings.Secure.getString(context.getContentResolver(),
            Settings.Secure.ALLOW_MOCK_LOCATION).equals("0"))
        return false;
    else
        return true;

well it was working fine in most of my test devices from KitKat to Marshmallow systems, until I tried my app on this single device with Marshmallow OS, the mock setting is clearly OFF, but that code above keeps telling me that the mock setting is ON, is this a bug? or am i missing something here?

Answer 1

Checking out this answer from here.

boolean isMock = false;
if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 18) {
    isMock = location.isFromMockProvider();
} else {
    isMock = Settings.Secure.getString(context.getContentResolver(), Settings.Secure.ALLOW_MOCK_LOCATION).equals("0");
}

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