Get GPS Location in a Broadcast Receiver/or Service to Broadcast Receiver data transfer

Asked 2011-10-10T05:58:44.833

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?

android service broadcastreceiver

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2 Answers

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(


                        
                        
                            answered 2011-10-10T06:19:28.410


            
            
                
                    
                        
                            
                            
                        
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                        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


                        
                        
                            answered 2011-10-16T11:12:03.867



        
        
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