Running a service to get location details

Question

In my app, i need to create an android service to periodically get mobile user\'s current location(latitude and longitude). The service should get user\'s location in every 5 mi

Answer 1

You don't need a service to accomplish this. In order to get location every 5mins, in your app, on the activity you can implement the location listener. While setting up the location manager, you can specify the minTime = 5mins (300000 ms). The onlocationChanged method will be called every 5 mins or when the distance change > minDistance, which ever occurs first.

LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager)getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
MyLocationListener listener = new MyLocationListener();
locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 300000, minDistance, listener);