Turn GPS on programmatically like Ola Cabs Android app

Question

I am working on an application and need to integrate GPS location. I want to switch the GPS on programmatically. The condition is: I don\'t want to send the user to the Setting

Answer 1

Since SettingsApi is deprecated and after checking into the developer site here. I was able to achive the same result as Ola app.

Add the below method in your Activity class

private void switchOnGPS() {
    LocationSettingsRequest.Builder builder = new LocationSettingsRequest.Builder()
            .addLocationRequest(new LocationRequest().setPriority(LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY));

    Task task = LocationServices.getSettingsClient(this).checkLocationSettings(builder.build());
    task.addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener() {
        @Override
        public void onComplete(@NonNull Task task) {
            try {
                LocationSettingsResponse response = task.getResult(ApiException.class);
            } catch (ApiException e) {
                switch (e.getStatusCode())
                {
                    case LocationSettingsStatusCodes.RESOLUTION_REQUIRED :
                        ResolvableApiException   resolvableApiException = (ResolvableApiException) e;
                        try {
                            resolvableApiException.startResolutionForResult(MainActivity.this,REQUEST_CHECK_SETTINGS);
                        } catch (IntentSender.SendIntentException e1) {
                            e1.printStackTrace();
                        }
                        break;

                        case LocationSettingsStatusCodes.SETTINGS_CHANGE_UNAVAILABLE:
                            //open setting and switch on GPS manually
                            break;
                }
            }
        }
    });
    //Give permission to access GPS
    ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[]{android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION}, 11);
}

Call the above method in your Activity's onResume method like below

@Override
protected void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    switchOnGPS();
}

Add respective Location permission in Manifest file.