Android turn off GPS

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Can I turn ON/OFF GPS in an application? As it drains so much of battery, can I turn it OFF for some time? OR there is better solution for this .....

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 25 '11 at 13:47

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You ask the user to do this, (using a toast maybe), start this activity

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

answered Oct 25 '11 at 13:47

Reno

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This should launch the settings screen where the user can disable GPS. – Reno Oct 25 '11 at 13:52
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There is no way to turn on/off gps through codes.... Bringing GPS activity is the best way – theWook Feb 12 '14 at 05:12

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 25 '11 at 13:35

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Try this...

   locationManager.removeUpdates(myLocationListener); locationManager = null;

answered Oct 25 '11 at 13:35

Aravindhan

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 09 '12 at 05:51

private void turnGPSOn(){
    String provider = Settings.Secure.getString(getContentResolver(), Settings.Secure.LOCATION_PROVIDERS_ALLOWED);

    if(!provider.contains("gps")){ //if gps is disabled
        final Intent poke = new Intent();
        poke.setClassName("com.android.settings", "com.android.settings.widget.SettingsAppWidgetProvider"); 
        poke.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_ALTERNATIVE);
        poke.setData(Uri.parse("3")); 
        sendBroadcast(poke);
    }
}

private void turnGPSOff(){
    String provider = Settings.Secure.getString(getContentResolver(), Settings.Secure.LOCATION_PROVIDERS_ALLOWED);

    if(provider.contains("gps")){ //if gps is enabled
        final Intent poke = new Intent();
        poke.setClassName("com.android.settings", "com.android.settings.widget.SettingsAppWidgetProvider");
        poke.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_ALTERNATIVE);
        poke.setData(Uri.parse("3")); 
        sendBroadcast(poke);
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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You can't turn it on/off yourself. You can however prompt the user to turn it off/on: How to programmatically enable GPS in Android Cupcake

edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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answered Oct 25 '11 at 13:36

Lukas Knuth

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 25 '11 at 13:38

I think as a security measure the android system won't allow you to turn on and off the gps for the user(as of android 2.0 I think). You can either stop getting updates and that supposed to stop using the gps (unless other application use it), or ask the user to switch it off.

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 25 '11 at 13:40

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You can stop listening for GPS events in your application (if your application uses GPS). for instance, using LocationManager.removeUpdates.

If you want to "turn off" the GPS at OS level, I think it is not possible programmatically.

answered Oct 25 '11 at 13:40

Mister Smith

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