How to Get Current GPS Location Programmatically on Android?

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Here is source code of the Program to Know Your Current Location Using GPS in Android. The program is successfully compiled and run on a Windows system using Eclipse Ide. The program output is also shown below.

Get location

package com.example.mc2;
 
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.app.Service;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.location.Location;
import android.location.LocationListener;
import android.location.LocationManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.IBinder;
import android.provider.Settings;
import android.util.Log;
 
public class GetLocation extends Service implements LocationListener {
 
    private final Context mContext;
    boolean isGPSEnabled = false;
    boolean isNetworkEnabled = false;
    boolean canGetLocation = false;
 
    Location location;
    double latitude, longitude;
 
    // The minimum distance to change Updates in meters
    private static final long MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES = 10; // 10 meters
 
    // The minimum time between updates in milliseconds
    private static final long MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES = 1000 * 60 * 1; // 1 minute
 
    protected LocationManager locationManager;
 
    public GetLocation(Context context) {
        this.mContext = context;
        getLocation();
    }
 
    public Location getLocation() {
        try {
            locationManager = (LocationManager) mContext
                    .getSystemService(LOCATION_SERVICE);
 
            isGPSEnabled = locationManager
                    .isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
 
            isNetworkEnabled = locationManager
                    .isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
 
            if (!isGPSEnabled) {
                showSettingsAlert();
            } else {
                this.canGetLocation = true;
                if (isGPSEnabled) {
                    if (location == null) {
                        locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(
                                LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER,
                                MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES,
                                MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES, this);
                        Log.d("GPS Enabled", "GPS Enabled");
                        if (locationManager != null) {
                            location = locationManager
                                    .getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
                            if (location != null) {
                                latitude = location.getLatitude();
                                longitude = location.getLongitude();
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                if (isNetworkEnabled) {
                    locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(
                            LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER,
                            MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES,
                            MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES, this);
                    Log.d("Network", "Network");
                    if (locationManager != null) {
                        location = locationManager
                                .getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
                        if (location != null) {
                            latitude = location.getLatitude();
                            longitude = location.getLongitude();
                        }
                    }
                }
 
            }
 
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
 
        return location;
    }
 
    public void stopUsingGPS() {
        if (locationManager != null) {
            locationManager.removeUpdates(GetLocation.this);
        }
    }
 
    public double getLatitude() {
        if (location != null) {
            latitude = location.getLatitude();
        }
 
        // return latitude
        return latitude;
    }
 
    public double getLongitude() {
        if (location != null) {
            longitude = location.getLongitude();
        }
 
        // return longitude
        return longitude;
    }
 
    public boolean canGetLocation() {
        return this.canGetLocation;
    }
 
    public void showSettingsAlert() {
        AlertDialog.Builder alertDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(mContext);
 
        alertDialog.setTitle("GPS settings");
        alertDialog
                .setMessage("GPS is not enabled. Do you want to go to settings menu?");
        alertDialog.setPositiveButton("Settings",
                new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                        Intent intent = new Intent(
                                Settings.ACTION_LOCATION_SOURCE_SETTINGS);
                        mContext.startActivity(intent);
                    }
                });
 
        alertDialog.setNegativeButton("Cancel",
                new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                        dialog.cancel();
                    }
                });
 
        alertDialog.show();
    }
 
    @Override
    public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
        latitude = location.getAltitude();
        latitude = location.getLatitude();
    }
 
    @Override
    public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {
    }
 
    @Override
    public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {
    }
 
    @Override
    public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {
    }
 
    @Override
    public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0) {
        return null;
    }
 
}

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