Location Area Code using android

Question

I want to get the cell id and location area code (provided by the network operators) in my android app.

If anyone could help me out with the above.

Location Area Code & Cell ID provided by the network operator. not the PIN or ZIP code. — Megamind, Apr 15 '16 at 04:58
Possible duplicate of [How to know Location Area Code and Cell ID in android phone](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4152373/how-to-know-location-area-code-and-cell-id-in-android-phone) — Madhukar Hebbar, Apr 15 '16 at 05:40
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score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 15 '16 at 05:58

You should add this Permission in AndroidManifest.xml

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />

In Java Code,

TelephonyManager telephonyManager = (TelephonyManager) getBaseContext().getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
GsmCellLocation gsmCellLocation = (GsmCellLocation)telephonyManager.getCellLocation();

int cid = gsmCellLocation.getCid() & 0xffff;  // GSM cell id
int lac = gsmCellLocation.getLac() & 0xffff;  // GSM Location Area Code

I have got cell id and the location area code for GSM.

But for UMTS, getCid () returns a big number for example 33 187 589. So i add modulo operator (example: gsmCellLocation.getCid() & 0xffff).

Happy Coding :)

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 15 '16 at 05:11

This works.

final TelephonyManager telephony = (TelephonyManager) getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
    if (telephony.getPhoneType() == TelephonyManager.PHONE_TYPE_GSM) {
        final GsmCellLocation location = (GsmCellLocation) telephony.getCellLocation();
        if (location != null) {
            lac.setText("LAC: " + location.getLac() + " CID: " + location.getCid());
        }
    }

Location Area Code using android

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