Android :Enable location settings programatically with out leaving app or going to settings screen

Question

Maybe already answered, but is there official apis to Enable location settings programatically with out going to settings screen.

what are best approach which works from 2.3 and above android version

Thanks

NitZ

AFASIK you cannot do that programmatically. All you can do is to send user to location by starting intent `android.provider.Settings.ACTION_LOCATION_SOURCE_SETTINGS` — Murtaza Khursheed Hussain, Aug 15 '15 at 08:46
@MurtazaKhursheedHussain have done that , but above app image does without that wonders me.Even maps app does so and how? — NitZRobotKoder, Aug 15 '15 at 08:50
some android default apps have Admin permission. With that permission user can do malicious acts. — Murtaza Khursheed Hussain, Aug 15 '15 at 08:51
@MurtazaKhursheedHussain The one i put is 3rd party app not system app wonder how they do? — NitZRobotKoder, Aug 15 '15 at 09:09
well, seems like a exploit. which app we are talking about ? — Murtaza Khursheed Hussain, Aug 15 '15 at 09:20
Check out "Ola cabs - Book taxi in India" - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.olacabs.customer — NitZRobotKoder, Aug 15 '15 at 09:51
Which device and OS you are using ? try using the same app on older version of Android, if it is still working then he should have using `reflection` and thats a exploit which have varying success rate. — Murtaza Khursheed Hussain, Aug 17 '15 at 04:26

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 08 '16 at 13:12

This will help

public void locationChecker(GoogleApiClient mGoogleApiClient, final Activity activity) {
            LocationRequest locationRequest = LocationRequest.create();
            locationRequest.setPriority(LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY);
            locationRequest.setInterval(30 * 1000);
            locationRequest.setFastestInterval(5 * 1000);
            LocationSettingsRequest.Builder builder = new LocationSettingsRequest.Builder()
                    .addLocationRequest(locationRequest);
            builder.setAlwaysShow(true);
            PendingResult<LocationSettingsResult> result =
                    LocationServices.SettingsApi.checkLocationSettings(mGoogleApiClient, builder.build());
            result.setResultCallback(new ResultCallback<LocationSettingsResult>() {
                @Override
                public void onResult(LocationSettingsResult result) {
                    final Status status = result.getStatus();
                    final LocationSettingsStates state = result.getLocationSettingsStates();
                    switch (status.getStatusCode()) {
                        case LocationSettingsStatusCodes.SUCCESS:
                            // All location settings are satisfied. The client can initialize location
                            // requests here.
                            break;
                        case LocationSettingsStatusCodes.RESOLUTION_REQUIRED:
                            // Location settings are not satisfied. But could be fixed by showing the user
                            // a dialog.
                            try {
                                // Show the dialog by calling startResolutionForResult(),
                                // and check the result in onActivityResult().
                                status.startResolutionForResult(
                                        activity, 1000);
                            } catch (IntentSender.SendIntentException e) {
                                // Ignore the error.
                            }
                            break;
                        case LocationSettingsStatusCodes.SETTINGS_CHANGE_UNAVAILABLE:
                            // Location settings are not satisfied. However, we have no way to fix the
                            // settings so we won't show the dialog.
                            break;
                    }
                }
            }

);
    }

this API is deprecated, for updated code see https://stackoverflow.com/a/53149434/1023441 — chezi shem tov, Nov 05 '18 at 06:44

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 17 '15 at 20:03

Well found this in google play services 7.0...fusedapiprovider/settingsapi are api to be used.. http://android-developers.blogspot.in/2015/03/google-play-services-70-places-everyone.html?m=1 https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/android/gms/location/SettingsApi

Happy coding..

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 08 '16 at 06:03

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googleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this).addApi(AppIndex.API).build();

add the above line of code before the end of locationChecker().

edited Dec 08 '16 at 06:03

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answered Dec 08 '16 at 05:21

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Android :Enable location settings programatically with out leaving app or going to settings screen

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