Is any possibility to switch ON the GPS provider in android programmatically?

Question

Due to the battery drainage, i want to switch ON/OFF the providers programmatically that is background mode. Previously i did with settings activity of providers. But i feel it is not user friendly.

Please help me?

probably the Duplicate of [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1051649/how-to-programmatically-enable-gps-in-android-cupcake) — AppMobiGurmeet, Oct 19 '12 at 07:29

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 19 '12 at 07:28

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You can't control it at the system level. Only users are allowed to do that. But you can stop listening for GPS events using something like:

locationManager.removeUpdates(myLocationListener); 
locationManager = null;

You can also launch the settings screen so the user can do it himself using:

if(!LocationManager.isProviderEnabled(android.location.LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER ))
{
    Intent myIntent = new Intent( Settings.ACTION_LOCATION_SOURCE_SETTINGS );
    startActivity(myIntent);
}

answered Oct 19 '12 at 07:28

Anup Cowkur

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Thanks.I want to select/deselect(ON/OFF) in background mode not with UI? – user1670564 Oct 19 '12 at 07:37
as I said, that cannot and should not be done programmatically. It's up to the user to do that. – Anup Cowkur Oct 19 '12 at 07:41
thanks!! If not means,how to overcome the battery drainage with providers? i removed the updates from providers once i got the values. – user1670564 Oct 19 '12 at 07:52
yeah. Thats good. You can also post this as another question and see what answers you get – Anup Cowkur Oct 19 '12 at 07:55

Is any possibility to switch ON the GPS provider in android programmatically?

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