Programming Tutorials

Get Location of an android phone programmatically

By: Deepak Mishra in Android Tutorials on 2023-03-19  

To get the location of a mobile phone in Android, you can use the LocationManager class which provides access to the system location services. Here are the general steps to get the location of a mobile phone in Android:

1. Add the following permission in the AndroidManifest.xml file:

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

   This permission allows the app to access the device GPS location.
   
   
2. In your app pre, create an instance of the LocationManager class:

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

3. Define a LocationListener to receive location updates:

   LocationListener locationListener = new LocationListener() 
   { 
   public void onLocationChanged(Location location) 
   { // Handle location updates } 
   public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {} 
   public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {} 
   public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {} 
   };

4. Request location updates:

   locationManager.requestLocationUpdates( LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 0, 0, locationListener); 

   This pre requests location updates using the GPS_PROVIDER with a minimum time interval of 0 milliseconds and a minimum distance change of 0 meters. You can adjust these values to suit your needs.
   
   
5. Retrieve the last known location:

   Location lastLocation = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER); 
   if (lastLocation != null) 
   { // Use the last known location } 

   This pre retrieves the last known location from the GPS_PROVIDER. If the last known location is not available, it returns null.

Note that getting the location of a mobile phone in Android requires the user consent, and you should handle the user privacy appropriately in your app.