android turn GPS On & Off Programmatically in 2.2?

Question

i am using GPS in My application and i want to turn GPS on and off Programmatically to save power how can i do it :(

this is for turn off i need the turn on please

private void turnGPSOnOff(){
  String provider = Settings.Secure.getString(getContentResolver(), Settings.Secure.LOCATION_PROVIDERS_ALLOWED);
  if(!provider.contains("gps")){
    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);
    //Toast.makeText(this, "Your GPS is Enabled",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
  }
}

possible duplicate of [Enable GPS programatically like Tasker](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4721449/enable-gps-programatically-like-tasker) — Guido, Dec 22 '11 at 09:29

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 25 '12 at 09:52

    try
                {
                dataMtd = ConnectivityManager.class.getDeclaredMethod("setMobileDataEnabled", boolean.class);
              } 
              catch (SecurityException e1) 
              {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e1.printStackTrace();
              } 
              catch (NoSuchMethodException e1) 
              {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e1.printStackTrace();
              }

                dataMtd.setAccessible(true); 
               try {

                dataMtd.invoke(conm,true);


                //gprDisable();
              } 
               catch (IllegalArgumentException e) 
               {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
              } 
               catch (IllegalAccessException e) 
               {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
              } 
               catch (InvocationTargetException e) 
               {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
              }

and if you are making the options to false, you can disable the GPS. Hope this may help you.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 28 '11 at 11:54

private void turnGPSOnOn(){
  String provider = Settings.Secure.getString(getContentResolver(), Settings.Secure.LOCATION_PROVIDERS_ALLOWED);
  if(provider.contains("gps")){ // for turn on
    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);
    Toast.makeText(this, "Your GPS is Enabled",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
  }
}

score -2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

-2

You can turn on the gps using

LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager)getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
LocationListener locationListener = new CTLocationListener();
locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 0, 1.0f, locationListener);

and turn it off using

locationManager.removeUpdates(locationListener);

Or you might also find this another thread on gps of use: How can I enable or disable the GPS programmatically on Android?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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answered Dec 22 '11 at 09:08

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This does not turn off the Gps, It requests that YOUR app recieve gps updates, and it then requests that YOUR app recieve updates no more. – FutureSci Oct 26 '13 at 11:53

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