My application needs the GPS to be on, is there any way to check whether GPS is currently enabled or not and if not , then how to enable.
I am using android 2.3
My application needs the GPS to be on, is there any way to check
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My application needs the GPS to be on, is there any way to check whether GPS is currently enabled or not and if not , then how to enable.
I am using android 2.3
Android does not allow you to do that. The best thing you can do is checking if the GPS is enabled and if it’s not, ask the user to activate it.
Here you can see how to know if the GPS is enabled: How do I find out if the GPS of an Android device is enabled