How to programmatically enable GPS in Android Cupcake

I'm currently writing an app in Android that works with the GPS. At t开发者_Go百科he moment I'm able to work out whether the GPS is enabled. My problem is that I want to enable the GPS on app startup if it is disabled. How can I do this programmaticaly?

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You can't, starting with Android 1.5. The most you can do is pop open the activity to allow the user to toggle it on/off. Use the action held in android.provider.Settings.ACTION_LOCATION_SOURCE_SETTINGS to craft an Intent to open this activity.

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

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This method code can be help for you

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();
  }
}

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You might use the following:

try {
  Settings.Secure.setLocationProviderEnabled(getContentResolver(), LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, true);
} catch (Exception e) {
  logger.log(Log.ERROR, e, e.getMessage());
}

but it will only work if you have system signature protection level. So you need to cook your own Image to actually use it :/

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First check whether the location service is already on or not ??

Checking location service is enabled or not

public boolean isLocationServiceEnabled(){
    LocationManager locationManager = null;
    boolean gps_enabled= false,network_enabled = false;

    if(locationManager ==null)
        locationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
    try{
        gps_enabled = locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
    }catch(Exception ex){
        //do nothing...
    }

    try{
        network_enabled = locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
    }catch(Exception ex){
        //do nothing...
    }

    return gps_enabled || network_enabled;

}

Then finally to open if location service in turned off previously

  if (isLocationServiceEnabled())) {
          //DO what you need...
     } else {
          AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
          builder.setMessage("Seems Like location service is off,   Enable this to show map")
      .setPositiveButton("YES", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialogInterface, int i) {
                             Intent intent = new Intent(Settings.ACTION_LOCATION_SOURCE_SETTINGS);
                                    startActivity(intent);
                                }
                            }).setNegativeButton("NO THANKS", null).create().show();
                }

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You should use the Location Settings Dialog in Play Services that prompts the user to enable location services (if necessary) with just one click.

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if your question is at the user level of android these properties are located in: "Settings -> Location -> Use wireless networks" -> "Settings -> Location -> Use GPS satellites".

But at the developer can use the class "android.provider.Settings.Secure" with the appropriate permissions.