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Asked: 2026-06-17T13:08:42+00:00

I am using the Criteria object to get the best provider like so final

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I am using the Criteria object to get the best provider like so

final boolean isGpsEnabled = locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
if(isGpsEnabled) {
      Criteria crit = new Criteria();
      crit.setAccuracy(Criteria.ACCURACY_FINE);
      crit.setCostAllowed(true);
      crit.setPowerRequirement(Criteria.NO_REQUIREMENT);
      crit.setSpeedRequirement(false);
      String provider = locationManager.getBestProvider(criteria, true);
      locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(provider, 600000, 0, new myLocationListener());
}

On my phone (Android 4.1) I have both “Use GPS Satellites” and “Use Wireless Networks” options enabled. Now, the above code works great when I am outdoors and it gives me the GPS location.

But, when I am indoors it does not revert to the “network” provider. It just keeps trying to get the location via GPS and never get its (I wait 1 minute or so)

When I change the code of Criteria to use Criteria.ACCURACY_COARSE then it uses “network” provider.

How do I get it to first try the GPS (because it is enabled) and because we are indoor it will not be able to connect to a satellite to then fall back to using the “network”. I can’t get that working easily. I state again, GPS is enabled but no access to satellites so want it to get network location instead.

Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The solution was create the location manager and attach 2 listeners to receive updates. One for GPS and another for NETWORK. You set it to receive updates fairly quickly (or depending on your own case, I just needed to get the location) You then create a method that compares the location of the GPS and Network and find which one is more accurate. You do this at most 3 times to get on average which one is returning the most accurate position and then you stop the location updates.

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