Android: How to initialize a variable of type "Location" (other than making it equal to null)

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I'm looking to test some code I've written and to do so I need to construct a variable of type Location and to give it a long / lat value but I'm unsure how I would do so. Any ideas?

score 123 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 06 '10 at 18:25

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The API documentation is quite clear on this. First create a new Location instance:

Location loc = new Location("dummyprovider");

And then use the setter methods to set the location parameters you need, e.g.:

loc.setLatitude(20.3);
loc.setLongitude(52.6);

answered Jun 06 '10 at 18:25

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Location loc = new Location(""); – Gennady Kozlov Nov 30 '16 at 20:53
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@AdamJohns: The provider is supposed to specify what exactly acquired the specific coordinate fix. In the `Location` object it's just a string field and can be anything. When dealing with actual location fixes it'll often be equal to one of the constants in `LocationManager` such as [`GPS_PROVIDER`](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/location/LocationManager.html#GPS_PROVIDER) which equals `"gps"`, which would mean that the specific location was acquired via GPS. – Matti Virkkunen Dec 21 '16 at 11:57

score 7 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 03 '15 at 10:48

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Location object = new Location("service Provider");

it will create an object of Type Location that contains the initial Latitude and Longitude at location '0' to get the initial values use

double lat = object.getLatitude();
double lng = object.getLongitude();

edited Dec 03 '15 at 10:48

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answered Dec 03 '15 at 09:52

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Shailendra Madda · Answer 3 · 2019-02-11T12:06:27.957

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In Kotlin using LocationManager class you can pass the required location provider like:

val location = Location(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER) // OR GPS_PROVIDER based on the requirement
location.latitude = 42.125
location.longitude = 55.123

edited Feb 11 '19 at 12:06

answered Feb 11 '19 at 11:01

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 16 '16 at 21:01

You can write a method:

Location createNewLocation(double longitude, double latitude) {
    Location location = new Location("dummyprovider");
    location.setLongitude(longitude);
    location.setLatitude(latitude);
    return location;
}

And then call it:

Location myLoc = createNewLocation(dLong, dLati);

Or you can use string with Double.parse():

Location myLoc = createNewLocation(Double.parse("s.Long"), Double.parse("s.Lati"));

Android: How to initialize a variable of type "Location" (other than making it equal to null)

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