If your app targets a newer Android version, you have to make sure to declare background permissions.
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION" />
And make sure that the user grants background permissions to the app. Depending on the Android version of the user, you have to send them to the settings of the app in order to make this possible. See the official documentation on requesting background location permission for more information.
Answer from Stephan on Stack OverflowVideos
You are implementing LocationListener in your activity MainActivity. The call for concurrent location updates will therefor be like this:
mLocationClient.requestLocationUpdates(mLocationRequest, this);
Be sure that the LocationListener you're implementing is from the google api, that is import this:
import com.google.android.gms.location.LocationListener;
and not this:
import android.location.LocationListener;
and it should work just fine.
It's also important that the LocationClient really is connected before you do this. I suggest you don't call it in the onCreate or onStart methods, but in onResume. It is all explained quite well in the tutorial for Google Location Api: https://developer.android.com/training/location/index.html
I use this one:
LocationManager.requestLocationUpdates(String provider, long minTime, float minDistance, LocationListener listener)
For example, using a 1s interval:
locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER,1000,0,this);
the time is in milliseconds, the distance is in meters.
This automatically calls:
public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
//Code here, location.getAccuracy(), location.getLongitude() etc...
}
I also had these included in the script but didnt actually use them:
public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {}
public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {}
public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {}
In short:
public class GPSClass implements LocationListener {
public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
// Called when a new location is found by the network location provider.
Log.i("Message: ","Location changed, " + location.getAccuracy() + " , " + location.getLatitude()+ "," + location.getLongitude());
}
public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {}
public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {}
public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {}
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
locationManager = (LocationManager)getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER,1000,0,this);
}
}