Getting the current GPS location on Android

Question

I'm trying to get the user's current location via GPS capability,

Wrote a simple class that implements LocationListener

public class LocationManagerHelper implements LocationListener {

    private static double latitude;
    private static double longitude;

    @Override
    public void onLocationChanged(Location loc) {
        latitude = loc.getLatitude();
        longitude = loc.getLongitude();
    }

    @Override
    public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) { }

    @Override
    public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) { }

    @Override
    public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    }

    public static double getLatitude() {
        return latitude;
    }

    public static double getLongitude() {
        return longitude;
    }

}

and from a simple Action I'm accessing these longitude and latitude values

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    /** create a TextView and write Hello World! */
    TextView tv = new TextView(this);

    LocationManager mlocManager = 
                    (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);

    LocationListener mlocListener = new LocationManagerHelper();

    mlocManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 0, 0,
            mlocListener);

    if (mlocManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER)) {
            tv.append("Latitude:- " + LocationManagerHelper.getLatitude()
                    + '\n');
            tv.append("Longitude:- " + LocationManagerHelper.getLongitude()
                    + '\n');
    } else {
        tv.setText("GPS is not turned on...");
    }

    /** set the content view to the TextView */
    setContentView(tv);

But it always returns 0.0 as the result.Couldn't figure out the problem.

Answer 1

Your location update callbacks can't be fired until after onCreate() returns. If you initialize your lat/long variables to dummy values you will probably see you are printing those values.

Put some logging in your onLocationChanged so that you can see it's being fired, then read up a bit on how android applications work with regard to callbacks and updating the UI.

Also make sure your application has appropriate permissions in its manifest.