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Android's GPS device and related API features.

Android provides a Location and Sensors API for programmatical access to its GPS device.

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Getting WIFI SSID in Android 8.1 without GPS

I need to find the SSID of the current connected method. I've read this already, but it uses GPS, which I don't want to. Is there a way I can achieve that?
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Android GPS Location Periodically

I want to create an App which fetch user's location in every 5 min between 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM. Now i am not able to think the flow. I am confused on: Should i implement 2 repeating alarm managers , one for every 5 min and another one for time slot.…
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Can the android emulator simulate altitude with a gpx file?

I am trying to simulate motion of the emulator device in the ddms perspective. I am using a gpx file which contains elevation elements, but when my code runs, it only retrieves lat/lon and says that elevation = 0. My question is, Can the android…
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Gps location is null

I am trying to make an app that gave me the position in a TextView but the result if I enable Fine location is null: public class Gpslocation extends AppCompatActivity { @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { …
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Android Smart Location Library is always connected to gps after application closed

I'm developing an application which gets the user location at start. I am using Smart Location Library to fetch the location and reverse geocode. But the main problem is that GPS is connected showing in notification even after application closed. I…
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Stop a Firebase JobDispatcher service

I have a recurring job service using Firebase JobDispatcher which will keep tracking the device GPS location. How can I stop the service so that the application will not track the location on a button click from any activity. FirebaseJobDispatcher…
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Accurately calculate Vehicle Speed (MPH) using Android GPS Location Latitude/Longitude

Im currently attempting to develop an Android Application that displays an accurate road speed for a vehicle in Mile Per Hour (MPH) using Location Latitude/Longitude from GPS. I have the following code as my first attempt:- private fun…
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Android 11: how to get current location

I want to get the current location of the device when the user clicks something. I do not need continuous updates. The FusedLocationProviderClient.getLastLocation() is not an option for me because it only returns the last location, which can be…
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Kivy Android plyer.gps on_location Callback is Never Called

I'm writing a quick test using Kivy and Plyer to get my phone's GPS coordinates. from kivy.app import App from kivy.logger import Logger from plyer import gps def main(): app = GPSApp() app.run() class GPSApp(App): def…
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Geofence - problem in triggering 'GEOFENCE_NOT_AVAILABLE'

I do app with geofencing use and since I started to work with it I get to broadcastReceiver the transitions and when I turned off the GPS location I got an alert with code GEOFENCE_NOT_AVAILABLE and I started a service to reregister the geofences…
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How to handle onNotificationReceived from Firebase every 10 minutes while app is in background. Android 9.0

I need to be able to send my GPS-location to a server every time I receive a silent-push notification from Firebase. The timer for sending a notification is currently set to every 10 minutes. When the phone is charging this is not a problem, but…
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why mobile phone gps provide sometime same coordinates on different location

Background: I am now working on an Android app to track vehicles where I required to get device location on every 10 second as on management decision. We are already developed this app which provides us updated location on time as our expected time…
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Android foreground service won't stop

I've finally set up my app (tracking live GPS) to track using a foreground service. However the issue I'm running into now, is the service never stops, even after I tell it to. I keep getting logs whenever I get a new location from the location…
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How to find battery leak in my application?

I've written an application, it's a big one and it has lots of features. But I have a problem with it: in the phone battery usage it takes about 35 percent of battery and it's a huge problem even when I don't use it very much. I've no services in…
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Location updates are not working in Device Admin / Managed Work Profile Mode

When location updates are requested with LocationManager as well as FusedLocationProviderClient, I'm unable to receive location updates in my app. So I have tried below code to allow the location updates in my app, but it is not working. manager =…
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