Question

I only need the last known gps location from any provider
without telling any provider to update.

Is this possible without adding listeners or requestLocationUpdates?

The thing is i need only an approximate position without blocking delay

Im trying this code from an Activity onCreate but the providers.size() is always zero

LocationManager lm = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);  
List<String> providers = lm.getProviders(true);

    Location l = null;

    for (int i=providers.size()-1; i>=0; i--) {
       l = lm.getLastKnownLocation(providers.get(i));
       if (l != null) 
        break;
    }

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

Answer 1

Try this code snippet.