Question

Actually my problem is sometimes i can get the location and sometimes i can’t get the location on Android real device. I used following code for getting the location,

LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
Criteria criteria = new Criteria();
criteria.setAccuracy(Criteria.ACCURACY_FINE);
criteria.setAltitudeRequired(false);
criteria.setBearingRequired(false);
criteria.setPowerRequirement(Criteria.POWER_LOW);
String provider = locationManager.getBestProvider(criteria, true);
Location location = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(provider);

I need to get the location when my application starts up. I don’t know why sometimes it fails. How to resolve this issue?

Answer 1

@jsmith commented on my quesion,

Increase your power requirements and make sure you test where you can
get a network or gps signal. If that helps, then it’s simply a case of
the sensors not getting enough reception to know the location.

This is the right answer for my question. Now its working fine.