Is 'constructor LocationRequest()' deprecated in google maps v2?

Question

I stumbled upon this message recently, and I was pretty sure that this constructor wasn't deprecated in prior versions to 18.0.0, but I cannot find information anywhere that this one has been deprecated either.

And what should we use instead, is there another way to create a locationRequest ?

Kunu · Answer 1 · 2022-06-24T12:11:05.317

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Yes, the LocationRequest constructor is deprecated. You can use its static method LocationRequest.create() to create a location request.

Kotlin:

locationRequest = LocationRequest.create().apply {
    interval = 100
    fastestInterval = 50
    priority = LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY
    maxWaitTime = 100
}

Java:

locationRequest = LocationRequest.create()
    .setInterval(100)
    .setFastestInterval(3000) 
    .setPriority(LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY)
    .setMaxWaitTime(100);

Update

As @Shimon pointed out LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY is now deprecated, so instead use Priority.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY

edited Jun 24 '22 at 12:11

answered Mar 05 '21 at 09:16

Kunu

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Ahh !! Very good ! From which version was this one introduced ? – Roar Grønmo Mar 05 '21 at 09:24
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I think after version 18.0.0 constructor was deprecated. LocationRequest.create() always were there to create a request, however after version 18 they have added `setWaitForAccurateLocation(true)` to your LocationRequest. – Kunu Mar 05 '21 at 09:37
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now it is deprecated – Sadique Khan Jun 24 '22 at 11:18
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`LocationRequest.create()` is now deprecated. You should use `LocationRequest.Builder()` – Joaquin Iurchuk Oct 30 '22 at 21:26
@JoaquinIurchuk `LocationRequest.Builder` requires API31, so what shoud we do? – Konstantin Konopko Nov 03 '22 at 19:36
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@KonstantinKonopko make sure you're using `implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:21.0.0"`. This way you should not be using the LocationBuilder from API 31 but the Play Services instead. – Joaquin Iurchuk Nov 04 '22 at 20:27
API 33, `LocationRequest.create()` is deprecated. – C.F.G Feb 28 '23 at 11:57

Roar Grønmo · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-04T12:07:13.347

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LocationRequest.create().apply{ ... } is now also deprecated.

Please use LocationRequest.Builder() instead. I.E. like this:

(locationInterval, locationFastestInterval and locationMaxWaitTime corresponds to the values used before when using create())

        locationRequest = LocationRequest.Builder(Priority.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY, locationInterval)
            .setWaitForAccurateLocation(false)
            .setMinUpdateIntervalMillis(locationFastestInterval)
            .setMaxUpdateDelayMillis(locationMaxWaitTime)
            .build()

Please read more here: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/location/LocationRequest.Builder

and here: https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/android/gms/location/LocationRequest.Builder

edited Nov 04 '22 at 12:07

answered Oct 18 '22 at 10:49

Roar Grønmo

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Not sure if this is how Kotlin works but for Java one would need the `new` before `LocationRequest.Builder(...)` – Anatol Bivol Oct 30 '22 at 06:36
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@AnatolBivol In kotlin you normally don't need it. – Roar Grønmo Oct 31 '22 at 16:06
`Builder` has only one param, see the link added in answer – Konstantin Konopko Nov 03 '22 at 19:39
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@KonstantinKonopko, yes, you are right. I referenced wrong link, I added the actual link below as an alternative. – Roar Grønmo Nov 04 '22 at 12:09
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This is the new correct answer for this question. I had this way built out already and just wanted to confirm the new methods relation to the old field names. This confirmed my thoughts right away without even needing to check docs. @RoarGrønmo Thank you! – Pieter van der Vyver Feb 15 '23 at 11:51

score 13 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 14 '22 at 10:31

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This line now deprecated: priority = LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY

replace with priority = Priority.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY

answered Jun 14 '22 at 10:31

Shimon Rothschild

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score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 10 '22 at 07:35

For anyone who faces this error in geolocator 8.0.1 of Flutter. Try to edit FusedLocationClient.java:199 for now. Then wait for author to update the pub package

From

LocationRequest locationRequest = new LocationRequest();

To

LocationRequest locationRequest = LocationRequest.create();

This is the LocationRequest class

score 5 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 07 '22 at 17:29

UPDATE:

Constant PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY is deprecated use Priority.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY instead.

 private fun updateLocationTracking(isTracking: Boolean) {
        if(isTracking) {
            if(TrackingUtility.hasLocationPermissions(this)) {
                val request = LocationRequest.create().apply {
                    interval = LOCATION_UPDATE_INTERVAL
                    fastestInterval = FASTEST_LOCATION_INTERVAL
                    priority =  Priority.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY
                }
}

score 5 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 07 '23 at 07:18

For JAVA, I have fixed it by using below code

private LocationRequest locationRequest;

Inside onCreate()

locationRequest = new LocationRequest.Builder(Priority.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY, 100)
            .setWaitForAccurateLocation(false)
            .setMinUpdateIntervalMillis(2000)
            .setMaxUpdateDelayMillis(100)
            .build();

Lance Samaria · Answer 7 · 2023-07-03T07:50:06.737

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May 2023 Kotlin:

import com.google.android.gms.location.LocationRequest

locationRequest = LocationRequest.Builder(1000L).setPriority(Priority.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY).build()

edited Jul 03 '23 at 07:50

answered Jun 01 '23 at 07:31

Lance Samaria

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For Priority like PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY, please use .setPriority(). Also apply is not needed for such requests as they return the same Builder specifically to be chained – George Jun 02 '23 at 07:17
@George I updated my answer to show the alternative but what's the difference? – Lance Samaria Jun 02 '23 at 07:59
Thank you! As for Builder - not much a difference, just avoiding using two builder patterns at the same time As for .setPriority() - setGranularity() with Priority.* constants gives an error – George Jun 02 '23 at 08:20

RatherBeSailing · Answer 8 · 2023-01-17T06:09:10.290

There are (at least) two different LocationRequests

This post is discussing google maps however for those who are looking for location updates outside google maps there have also been some recent changes

HIGH_ACCURACY is set using setQuality(LocationRequest.QUALITY_HIGH_ACCURACY)

val fastLocationRequests = LocationRequest.Builder(1000L) // interval specified in millis so this is every 1 second
    .setQuality(LocationRequest.QUALITY_HIGH_ACCURACY)
    .setMaxUpdateDelayMillis(0L) // Note 0 represents no batching allowed 
    .build()

Use of the alternative Builder()

val slowLocationRequests = LocationRequest.Builder(fastLocationRequests)
    .setIntervalMillis(60000L) // once per minute
    .build()

Documentation

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Jan 04 '22 at 17:41

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 LocationRequest locationRequest = LocationRequest.create() //if you want access of variable
                            .setInterval(100)
                            .setFastestInterval(3000)
                            .setPriority(LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY)
                            .setNumUpdates(1)
                            .setMaxWaitTime(100);

answered Jan 04 '22 at 17:41

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Gaurav Yadav · Answer 10 · 2023-06-16T01:28:18.210

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I too got stuck with this. every other day they deprecate one method and post new ones. you can use this code snippet: locationRequest = new LocationRequest.Builder(Priority.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY, locationInterval) .setWaitForAccurateLocation(false) .setMinUpdateIntervalMillis(locationFastestInterval) .setMaxUpdateDelayMillis(locationMaxWaitTime) .build(); declare all the variables before.

edited Jun 16 '23 at 01:28

answered Jun 16 '23 at 01:21

Gaurav Yadav

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