Android 4.1.2 How to turn off GPS programmatically

Question

I am trying to switch on GPS by code. The following is the code I\'ve used.

String provider = Settings.Secure.getString(context.getContentResolver(),Settings         


        

Answer 1

Code to turn on GPS on 4.0 and above:

@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
public static void turnGPSOn(Context context)
{
    Intent intent = new Intent("android.location.GPS_ENABLED_CHANGE");
    intent.putExtra("enabled", true);
    context.sendBroadcast(intent);

    String provider = Settings.Secure.getString(context.getContentResolver(), Settings.Secure.LOCATION_PROVIDERS_ALLOWED);
    if (! provider.contains("gps"))
    { //if gps is disabled
        final Intent poke = new Intent();
        poke.setClassName("com.android.settings", "com.android.settings.widget.SettingsAppWidgetProvider"); 
        poke.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_ALTERNATIVE);
        poke.setData(Uri.parse("3")); 
        context.sendBroadcast(poke);
    }
}

@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
public static void turnGPSOff(Context context)
{
    String provider = Settings.Secure.getString(context.getContentResolver(), Settings.Secure.LOCATION_PROVIDERS_ALLOWED);
    if (provider.contains("gps"))
    { //if gps is enabled
        final Intent poke = new Intent();
        poke.setClassName("com.android.settings", "com.android.settings.widget.SettingsAppWidgetProvider");
        poke.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_ALTERNATIVE);
        poke.setData(Uri.parse("3")); 
        context.sendBroadcast(poke);
    }
}