Location Manager

Location Manager is a library that helps to easily fetch location when your app is in foreground, background or in killed state.

Features

  • One time location
  • Continuous location with regular interval.

Installation

  1. Add the following to the settings.gradle file. 

    dependencyResolutionManagement {
   repositories {
       maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
 }}
  2. Add library dependency to the app level build.gradle file. 

     dependencies {
    implementation 'com.github.mdrafi786:location-manager:$latest_stable_version'
 }
  3. Add these permission to Manifest.xml like this 

     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />

    Note : You have to ask location permission at runtime to get location. Without location permission it doesn’t work.

Usage

  • Firstly, you need create notification channel in your Application class. Because in above oreo you have to create notification channel to show notification. We are going to show notification when we fetch location continuously.

       if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
          val channel = NotificationChannel(
              "location",
              "Location",
              NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_LOW
          )
          val notificationManager =
              getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE) as NotificationManager
          notificationManager.createNotificationChannel(channel)
      }

  • To Get OneTime location you have to start service with action ACTION_ONE_TIME:

       Intent(applicationContext, LocationService::class.java).apply {
              action = LocationService.ACTION_ONE_TIME
              startService(this)
          }

  • To Get Continuous location you have to start service with action ACTION_START:

      Intent(applicationContext, LocationService::class.java).apply {
              action = LocationService.ACTION_START
              startService(this)
          }

  • To Stop Continuous location you have to start service with action ACTION_STOP:

      Intent(applicationContext, LocationService::class.java).apply {
              action = LocationService.ACTION_STOP
              startService(this)
          }

Note : You only need to stop service if you start service to get location update continuously.

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