Question

I want to find out the GPS status, when I launch the application. For that I previously used LocationListener class,
It was showing the status of the GPS when changing the GPS status in device only.

But here is my requirement: when I launch the app first it should check the GPS status, if GPS is available, only then I want to start the my activity and otherwise it needs to display some message to user like “Please enable GPS.”

How can I do this?

Answer 1

I thinks this method can help you:

public static boolean isGPSAvailable(Context ctx){

    LocationManager lm = (LocationManager) ctx.getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);

    return lm != null &&
            (lm.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER) ||
                lm.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER));
}//isGPSAvailable