How To Get Location Using AsyncTask

Question

I am pulling my hair out with trying to find a good solution to this problem. I made my app so it finds my location. It seems overly complicated but easy enough. However fol

Answer 1

public Location getLocation() 
{

    try 
    {
        locationManager = (LocationManager) mContext.getSystemService(LOCATION_SERVICE);

        // getting GPS status
        isGPSEnabled = locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);

        // getting network status
        isNetworkEnabled = locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);

        if (!isGPSEnabled && !isNetworkEnabled) 
        {
            // no network provider is enabled
            Log.w("DOCOMO-2","Network Connection failed");
        } 
        else 
        {
            this.canGetLocation = true;
            // First get location from Network Provider
            if (isNetworkEnabled) 
            {

                locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(
                        LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER,
                        MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES,
                        MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES, this);
                if (locationManager != null) 
                {
                    location = locationManager
                            .getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
                    if (location != null) 
                    {
                        latitude = location.getLatitude();
                        longitude = location.getLongitude();
                    }
                }
            }
            // if GPS Enabled get lat/long using GPS Services
            if (isGPSEnabled) 
            {
                if (location == null) 
                {
                    locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(
                            LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER,
                            MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES,
                            MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES, this);
                    if (locationManager != null) 
                    {
                        location = locationManager
                                .getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
                        if (location != null) 
                        {
                            latitude = location.getLatitude();
                            longitude = location.getLongitude();
                        }

                    }
                }
            }
        }
        locationManager=null;
        location=null;

    } 
    catch (Exception e) 
    {
        locationManager=null;
        location=null;
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return location;
}

Answer 2

Just add Looper.prepare() before calling locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(locationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 0, 0, locationListener); Remember to call Looper.loop() after.

Answer 3

First to fix your compilation problem, move

LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager)params[0].getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);        

So that it's a private member variable of the class.

LocationManager does not have to be in an AsyncTask. It does not tie up the UI, all updates are already asynchronous. This will just add needless complication to your project.

You probably only need to move useLocation into onLockationChanged.

Answer 4

public class FastMainActivity extends Activity {

    Button searchBtn = null;
    Intent locatorService = null;
    AlertDialog alertDialog = null;

    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        searchBtn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.searchBtn);

        searchBtn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub

                if (!startService()) {
                    CreateAlert("Error!", "Service Cannot be started");
                } else {
                    Toast.makeText(FastMainActivity.this, "Service Started",
                            Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                }

            }
        });

    }

    public boolean stopService() {
        if (this.locatorService != null) {
            this.locatorService = null;
        }
        return true;
    }

    public boolean startService() {
        try {
            // this.locatorService= new
            // Intent(FastMainActivity.this,LocatorService.class);
            // startService(this.locatorService);

            FetchCordinates fetchCordinates = new FetchCordinates();
            fetchCordinates.execute();
            return true;
        } catch (Exception error) {
            return false;
        }

    }

    public AlertDialog CreateAlert(String title, String message) {
        AlertDialog alert = new AlertDialog.Builder(this).create();

        alert.setTitle(title);

        alert.setMessage(message);

        return alert;

    }

    public class FetchCordinates extends AsyncTask<String, Integer, String> {
        ProgressDialog progDailog = null;

        public double lati = 0.0;
        public double longi = 0.0;

        public LocationManager mLocationManager;
        public VeggsterLocationListener mVeggsterLocationListener;

        @Override
        protected void onPreExecute() {
            mVeggsterLocationListener = new VeggsterLocationListener();
            mLocationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);

            mLocationManager.requestLocationUpdates(
                    LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER, 0, 0,
                    mVeggsterLocationListener);

            progDailog = new ProgressDialog(FastMainActivity.this);
            progDailog.setOnCancelListener(new OnCancelListener() {
                @Override
                public void onCancel(DialogInterface dialog) {
                    FetchCordinates.this.cancel(true);
                }
            });
            progDailog.setMessage("Loading...");
            progDailog.setIndeterminate(true);
            progDailog.setCancelable(true);
            progDailog.show();

        }

        @Override
        protected void onCancelled(){
            System.out.println("Cancelled by user!");
            progDialog.dismiss();
            mLocationManager.removeUpdates(mVeggsterLocationListener);
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
            progDailog.dismiss();

            Toast.makeText(FastMainActivity.this,
                    "LATITUDE :" + lati + " LONGITUDE :" + longi,
                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }

        @Override
        protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub

            while (this.lati == 0.0) {

            }
            return null;
        }

        public class VeggsterLocationListener implements LocationListener {

            @Override
            public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {

                int lat = (int) location.getLatitude(); // * 1E6);
                int log = (int) location.getLongitude(); // * 1E6);
                int acc = (int) (location.getAccuracy());

                String info = location.getProvider();
                try {

                    // LocatorService.myLatitude=location.getLatitude();

                    // LocatorService.myLongitude=location.getLongitude();

                    lati = location.getLatitude();
                    longi = location.getLongitude();

                } catch (Exception e) {
                    // progDailog.dismiss();
                    // Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Unable to get Location"
                    // , Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                }

            }

            @Override
            public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {
                Log.i("OnProviderDisabled", "OnProviderDisabled");
            }

            @Override
            public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {
                Log.i("onProviderEnabled", "onProviderEnabled");
            }

            @Override
            public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status,
                    Bundle extras) {
                Log.i("onStatusChanged", "onStatusChanged");

            }

        }

    }

}