How can I check whether the phone has GPS device or not?

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I am trying to find piece of code which can tell me whether the android phone has GPS device or not? Most of the samples I am getting in search results are telling whether GPS is enabled or not. What I am interested in is whether Android phone has Physical GPS device or not?

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score 21 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 18 '12 at 14:27

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Starting with API level 8 (Froyo), you can use the following code:

PackageManager packageManager = mContext.getPackageManager();
boolean hasGPS = packageManager.hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_LOCATION_GPS);

answered Jan 18 '12 at 14:27

Daniel

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Tested on Kindle Fire (without GPS) and it works like a charm. – stevo.mit Oct 24 '13 at 08:08
Less process time than LocationManager#getAllProviders() – Muhammad Babar Mar 27 '14 at 09:15

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 12 '11 at 12:59

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public boolean hasGPSDevice(Context context)
    {
    final LocationManager mgr = (LocationManager)context.getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
    if ( mgr == null ) return false;
    final List<String> providers = mgr.getAllProviders();
    if ( providers == null ) return false;
    return providers.contains(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
    }

answered Jul 12 '11 at 12:59

Damian Kołakowski

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+ 1 Your answer makes sense. But in the emulator even if I do `GPS Support = No` this code returns true. Any ideas? May be this will work well on a phone without GPS it will return false but not sure... – Haris Hasan Jul 12 '11 at 13:12

How can I check whether the phone has GPS device or not?

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