DroidLocation

Getting location updates requires lots of boilerplate code in Android, You need to take care of

• Google Play services availability Check, Update Google play Service Dialog
• Creation of GoogleApiClient and its callbacks connected,disconnected etc.
• Stopping and releasing resources for location updates
• Handling Location permission scenarios
• Checking Location services are On or Off
• Getting last known location is not so easy either
• Fallback to last known location if not getting location after certain duration

DroidLocation does all this stuff in background, so that you can concentrate on your business logic than handling all above

Extend your Activity from DroidLocationAppCompatActivity or DroidLocationActivity:

Create location request according to your needs

LocationRequest locationRequest = new LocationRequest()
        .setPriority(LocationRequest.PRIORITY_BALANCED_POWER_ACCURACY)
        .setInterval(5000)
        .setFastestInterval(5000);

Create DroidLocation request, and set locationRequest created

DroidLocationRequest droidLocationRequest = new DroidLocationRequestBuilder()
        .setLocationRequest(locationRequest)
        .setFallBackToLastLocationTime(3000)
        .build();
}

Request Single location update like this

requestSingleLocationFix(droidLocationRequest);

Or Request Multiple location updates like this

requestLocationUpdates(droidLocationRequest);

You're good to go!, You will get below callbacks now in your activity

    @Override
    public void onLocationPermissionGranted() {
    }

    @Override
    public void onLocationPermissionDenied() {
    }

    @Override
    public void onLocationReceived(Location location) {
        requestAddressServices(location)
    }

    @Override
    public void onLocationAddressReceived(String fullAddress) {
         Log.d(TAG, fullAddress)
    }

    @Override
    public void onLocationProviderEnabled() {
    }

    @Override
    public void onLocationProviderDisabled() {
    }

Additional Options

Specify what messages you want to show to user using DroidLocationRequestBuilder

DroidLocationRequest droidLocationRequest = new DroidLocationRequestBuilder()
.setLocationRequest(locationRequest)
.setLocationPermissionDialogTitle(getString(R.string.location_permission_dialog_title))
.setLocationPermissionDialogMessage(getString(R.string.location_permission_dialog_message))
.setLocationPermissionDialogNegativeButtonText(getString(R.string.not_now))
.setLocationPermissionDialogPositiveButtonText(getString(R.string.yes))
.setLocationSettingsDialogTitle(getString(R.string.location_services_off))
.setLocationSettingsDialogMessage(getString(R.string.open_location_settings))
.setLocationSettingsDialogNegativeButtonText(getString(R.string.not_now))
.setLocationSettingsDialogPositiveButtonText(getString(R.string.yes))
.build();

Get started

In your build.gradle:

Add the following maven{} line to your PROJECT build.gradle file

allprojects {
		repositories {
			...
			maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }   // add this line
		}
	}

com.google.android.gms:play-services-location dependency also needs to be added like this

x.x.x can be replaced with google play service version your app is using versions information available here

for non androidX

 dependencies {
    implementation 'com.github.JobGetabu:DroidLocation:v1.0'
    implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:x.x.x"
 }

for androidX

  dependencies {
     implementation 'com.github.JobGetabu:DroidLocation:v2.0.0'
     implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:x.x.x"
  }

TODO

• Add library to jcenter
• migrate to androidX
• Add kotlin docs
• Creating geofences

Library License

Copyright 2019 Job Getabu

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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