Location

Emulator

To set my location in Eclipse, switch to the DDMS perspective, select the Emulator Control tab and use the Location Controls to set the location.

To set my location to our home, set Longitude to -4.082386 and Latitude to 50.827206, then click Send…

Setup

Add the following to your application manifest file:

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

Sample

To get the users current location:

private Location getLocation() {
    Location result = null;
    final LocationManager locationManager = getLocationManager();
    final String provider = locationManager.getBestProvider(
            getLocationProviderCriteria(), true);
    Log.i(TAG, MessageFormat.format("provider, {0}", provider));
    if (provider != null) {
        result = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(provider);
        if (result == null) {
            Log.e(TAG, "cannot get last known location.");
        } else {
            Log.i(TAG, MessageFormat.format(
                    "last known location, latitude {0} longitude {1}",
                    result.getLatitude(), result.getLongitude()));
        }
    }
    return result;
}

private LocationManager getLocationManager() {
    return (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
}