Get GPS Location in a Broadcast Receiver/or Service to Broadcast Receiver data transfer
I am new to android.
I want to get GPS Location in a broadcast receiver but it shows an error.
My code is :
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
LocationManager locManager = (LocationManager)
getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
// errors in getSystemService method
LocationListener locListener = new MyLocationListener();
locManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 0, 0,
locListener);
Location loc = locManager
.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
Log.d(" **location**", " location" + loc.getLatitude());
}
Questions :
- Is it possible to get GPS Location data in Broadcast receiver?
- Another alternative way I tried so far was to use a service which is invoked by the Broadcast receiver. The service can get GPS data, but how can I get it in the Broadcast receiver?
yes both of them are possible.
your service with a timer to send request to location receiver in periods of time:
public class SrvPositioning extends Service {
// An alarm for rising in special times to fire the
// pendingIntentPositioning
private AlarmManager alarmManagerPositioning;
// A PendingIntent for calling a receiver in special times
public PendingIntent pendingIntentPositioning;
@Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
alarmManagerPositioning = (AlarmManager)
getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
Intent intentToFire = new Intent(
ReceiverPositioningAlarm.ACTION_REFRESH_SCHEDULE_ALARM);
intentToFire.putExtra(ReceiverPositioningAlarm.COMMAND,
ReceiverPositioningAlarm.SENDER_SRV_POSITIONING);
pendingIntentPositioning = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0,
intentToFire, 0);
};
@Override
public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {
try {
long interval = 60 * 1000;
int alarmType = AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP;
long timetoRefresh = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime();
alarmManagerPositioning.setInexactRepeating(alarmType,
timetoRefresh, interval, pendingIntentPositioning);
} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
Toast.makeText(this,
"error running service: " + e.getMessage(),
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
} catch (Exception e) {
Toast.makeText(this,
"error running service: " + e.getMessage(),
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0) {
return null;
}
@Override
public void onDestroy() {
this.alarmManagerPositioning.cancel(pendingIntentPositioning);
ReceiverPositioningAlarm.stopLocationListener();
}
}
your receiver with a listener. listener can be used in your activity to be notified that a new location is ready for you:
public class ReceiverPositioningAlarm extends BroadcastReceiver {
public static final String COMMAND = "SENDER";
public static final int SENDER_ACT_DOCUMENT = 0;
public static final int SENDER_SRV_POSITIONING = 1;
public static final int MIN_TIME_REQUEST = 5 * 1000;
public static final String ACTION_REFRESH_SCHEDULE_ALARM =
"org.mabna.order.ACTION_REFRESH_SCHEDULE_ALARM";
private static Location currentLocation;
private static Location prevLocation;
private static Context _context;
private String provider = LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER;
private static Intent _intent;
private static LocationManager locationManager;
private static LocationListener locationListener = new LocationListener() {
@Override
public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras){
try {
String strStatus = "";
switch (status) {
case GpsStatus.GPS_EVENT_FIRST_FIX:
strStatus = "GPS_EVENT_FIRST_FIX";
break;
case GpsStatus.GPS_EVENT_SATELLITE_STATUS:
strStatus = "GPS_EVENT_SATELLITE_STATUS";
break;
case GpsStatus.GPS_EVENT_STARTED:
strStatus = "GPS_EVENT_STARTED";
break;
case GpsStatus.GPS_EVENT_STOPPED:
strStatus = "GPS_EVENT_STOPPED";
break;
default:
strStatus = String.valueOf(status);
break;
}
Toast.makeText(_context, "Status: " + strStatus,
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
@Override
public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {}
@Override
public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {}
@Override
public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
try {
Toast.makeText(_context, "***new location***",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
gotLocation(location);
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
};
// received request from the calling service
@Override
public void onReceive(final Context context, Intent intent) {
Toast.makeText(context, "new request received by receiver",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
_context = context;
_intent = intent;
locationManager = (LocationManager) context
.getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
if (locationManager.isProviderEnabled(provider)) {
locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(provider,
MIN_TIME_REQUEST, 5, locationListener);
Location gotLoc = locationManager
.getLastKnownLocation(provider);
gotLocation(gotLoc);
} else {
Toast t = Toast.makeText(context, "please turn on GPS",
Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
t.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER, 0, 0);
t.show();
Intent settinsIntent = new Intent(
android.provider.Settings.ACTION_LOCATION_SOURCE_SETTINGS);
settinsIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
_context.startActivity(settinsIntent);
}
}
private static void gotLocation(Location location) {
prevLocation = currentLocation == null ? null : new Location(
currentLocation);
currentLocation = location;
if (isLocationNew()) {
OnNewLocationReceived(location);
Toast.makeText(_context, "new location saved",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
stopLocationListener();
}
}
private static boolean isLocationNew() {
if (currentLocation == null) {
return false;
} else if (prevLocation == null) {
return true;
} else if (currentLocation.getTime() == prevLocation.getTime()) {
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
}
public static void stopLocationListener() {
locationManager.removeUpdates(locationListener);
Toast.makeText(_context, "provider stoped", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
.show();
}
// listener ----------------------------------------------------
static ArrayList<OnNewLocationListener> arrOnNewLocationListener =
new ArrayList<OnNewLocationListener>();
// Allows the user to set a OnNewLocationListener outside of this class
// and react to the event.
// A sample is provided in ActDocument.java in method: startStopTryGetPoint
public static void setOnNewLocationListener(
OnNewLocationListener listener) {
arrOnNewLocationListener.add(listener);
}
public static void clearOnNewLocationListener(
OnNewLocationListener listener) {
arrOnNewLocationListener.remove(listener);
}
// This function is called after the new point received
private static void OnNewLocationReceived(Location location) {
// Check if the Listener was set, otherwise we'll get an Exception
// when we try to call it
if (arrOnNewLocationListener != null) {
// Only trigger the event, when we have any listener
for (int i = arrOnNewLocationListener.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
arrOnNewLocationListener.get(i).onNewLocationReceived(
location);
}
}
}
}
an interface for listener:
import android.location.Location;
public interface OnNewLocationListener {
public abstract void onNewLocationReceived(Location location);
}
in your activity for getting just one point:
protected void btnGetPoint_onClick() {
Intent intentToFire = new Intent(
ReceiverPositioningAlarm.ACTION_REFRESH_SCHEDULE_ALARM);
intentToFire.putExtra(ReceiverPositioningAlarm.COMMAND,
ReceiverPositioningAlarm.SENDER_ACT_DOCUMENT);
sendBroadcast(intentToFire);
OnNewLocationListener onNewLocationListener = new OnNewLocationListener() {
@Override
public void onNewLocationReceived(Location location) {
// use your new location here then stop listening
ReceiverPositioningAlarm.clearOnNewLocationListener(this);
}
};
// start listening for new location
ReceiverPositioningAlarm
.setOnNewLocationListener(onNewLocationListener);
}
edit:
if you want to start service in your activity:
this.startService(new Intent(this, SrvPositioning.class));
similarly you can define a listener in your service to receive locations found by receiver
Edit
Add the following lines in Manifest
<service
android:name="org.mabna.order.services.SrvPositioning"
android:enabled="true" />
<receiver android:name="org.mabna.order.receivers.ReceiverPositioningAlarm" >
<!-- this Broadcast Receiver only listens to the following intent -->
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="org.mabna.order.ACTION_REFRESH_SCHEDULE_ALARM" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
From BroadcastReceiver I could not start Location Manager as well. So I started a service on BroadcastReceiver and in that service I manipulated Location Manager. I think I found this solution in Android development documentation. You also can start Activity instead of Service.
Here is the code of switch to Service on BroadcastReceiver:
write this in onReceive method
Intent serviceIntent = new Intent(context,MyService.class);
serviceIntent.putExtra("locateRequest", "locateRequest"); // if you want pass parameter from here to service
serviceIntent.putExtra("queryDeviceNumber", results[1]);
context.startService(serviceIntent); //start service for get location