FusedLocationProviderAPI always returns null when trying to get current location

Question

For countless hours, I have been trying to get the user's current location upon launching my app, but then every approach I have tried has returned null.

My instantiation of the GoogleApiClient takes place in "onCreate"

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        EventBus.getDefault().register(this);
        FirebaseMessagingHelper.registerDevice(this, FirebaseInstanceId.getInstance().getToken());

        activity = this;

        //xaxaxa

        driverMapView = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.googleMapObject);
        driverMapView.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        driverMapView.getMapAsync(this);

        getUserToEnableCameraUsage();

        if (googleApiClient == null)
        {
            googleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this)
                    .addConnectionCallbacks(this)
                    .addOnConnectionFailedListener(this)
                    .addApi(LocationServices.API)
                    .build();
        }
        googleApiClient.connect();

Here is the code in my project (extremely similar to the code provided in the api's tutorial:

@Override
    public void onConnected(@Nullable Bundle bundle)
    {
        int LOCATION_ALLOWED = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(getApplicationContext(), Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION);
        if (LOCATION_ALLOWED != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED)
        {
            lastLocation = LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.getLastLocation(googleApiClient);
            if (lastLocation != null)
            {
                driverGoogleMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(new LatLng(lastLocation.getLatitude(), lastLocation.getLongitude()), 16));
                testHelper.setDriverLatLngLocation(new LatLng(lastLocation.getLatitude(), lastLocation.getLongitude()));

            }
        }
    }

    protected void createLocationRequest()
    {
        locationRequest = new LocationRequest();
        locationRequest.setInterval(1000);
        locationRequest.setFastestInterval(500);
        locationRequest.setPriority(LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY);

        LocationSettingsRequest.Builder locationSettingsRequestBuilder = new LocationSettingsRequest.Builder()
                .addLocationRequest(locationRequest);

        PendingResult<LocationSettingsResult> pendingResult = LocationServices
                .SettingsApi
                .checkLocationSettings(googleApiClient, locationSettingsRequestBuilder.build());

        pendingResult.setResultCallback(new ResultCallback<LocationSettingsResult>() {
            @Override
            public void onResult(@NonNull LocationSettingsResult locationSettingsResult)
            {
                Status result = locationSettingsResult.getStatus();
                if (result.getStatusCode() == LocationSettingsStatusCodes.SUCCESS)
                {
                    requestingLocationUpdates = true;
                    startLocationUpdates();
                    Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Gucci", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                }

                if (result.getStatusCode() == LocationSettingsStatusCodes.RESOLUTION_REQUIRED)
                {
                    requestingLocationUpdates = false;
                    Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Please enable location services", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                }
                if (result.getStatusCode() == LocationSettingsStatusCodes.SETTINGS_CHANGE_UNAVAILABLE)
                {
                    requestingLocationUpdates = false;
                    Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "App cannot access settings", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                }

            }
        });
    }

    protected void startLocationUpdates()
    {
        int LOCATION_ALLOWED = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(getApplicationContext(), Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION);
        if (LOCATION_ALLOWED != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED)
        {
            LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.requestLocationUpdates(googleApiClient, locationRequest, this);
        }

    }

    @Override
    public void onConnectionSuspended(int i) {

    }

    @Override
    public void onConnectionFailed(@NonNull ConnectionResult connectionResult)
    {

    }

    @Override
    public void onLocationChanged(Location location)
    {
        driverGoogleMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(new LatLng(location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude()), 16));
        testHelper.setDriverLatLngLocation(new LatLng(location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude()));
        Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "It's working", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

    }
    protected void stopLocationUpdates()
    {
        LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.removeLocationUpdates(
                googleApiClient, this);
        requestingLocationUpdates = false;
    }

I instantiate "createLocationRequest here:

public void onMapReady(GoogleMap googleMap)
    {
        //Setting map starts here
        int LOCATION_ALLOWED = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this.getApplicationContext(), Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION);
        if (LOCATION_ALLOWED == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED)
        {
            googleMap.setMyLocationEnabled(true);
        }
        createLocationRequest();

The instantiation of "createLocationRequest()" takes place before the block of code that needs it and it is null?

I have looked over multiple solutions, but they've all not helped me. I was hoping that maybe someone could help me out as this has been really bothering me and has halted the development of my app.

FusedLocationProviderAPI always returns null when trying to get current location

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