How to quickly get GPS location update without googles fusedLocationClient

Question

Can we use the GPS antenna in way that we can control the polling speed? like every 10 seconds and every 1 second. Assume the power usage is manageable. I just want to get accurate location asap.

Answer 1

We can use Android default LocationManager class which is not google API.

And also Huawei Mapkit LocationManager

val locationManager = HuaweiLocationManager(this) locationManager.registerLocationUpdates(onSuccess = { viewModel.updateCurrentLocation(it) })

and subscribe to update in different speed.

fun registerLocationUpdates(
        interval: Long = 10000,
        onSuccess: ((location: Location?) -> Unit)? = null,
        onFail: ((locationAvailability: LocationAvailability?) -> Unit)? = null
    ) {
        val mLocationRequest = LocationRequest()
        // Set the location update interval (in milliseconds).
        mLocationRequest.interval = interval
        // Set the weight.
        mLocationRequest.priority = LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY

        // Create location callback
        if (mLocationCallback == null)
            mLocationCallback = createLocationCallback(onSuccess, onFail)

        // Request location update
        mFusedLocationProviderClient.requestLocationUpdates(
            mLocationRequest,
            mLocationCallback,
            Looper.getMainLooper()
        )
            .addOnSuccessListener {
                // Requesting location updates is started successfully.
                LogUtils.d("LocationKit -> Start Location Updates Successfully")
            }
            .addOnFailureListener { exception ->
                // Failed to start location updates.
                LogUtils.d("LocationKit -> Start Location Updates Failed with exception: ${exception.localizedMessage}")
            }
    }