---------- This is my service
public class LocationMonitoringService extends Service implements
GoogleApiClient.ConnectionCallbacks, GoogleApiClient.OnConnectionFailedListener,
LocationListener {
private static final String TAG = LocationMonitoringService.class.getSimpleName();
GoogleApiClient mLocationClient;
LocationRequest mLocationRequest = new LocationRequest();
public static final String ACTION_LOCATION_BROADCAST = LocationMonitoringService.class.getName() + "LocationBroadcast";
public static final String EXTRA_LATITUDE = "extra_latitude";
public static final String EXTRA_LONGITUDE = "extra_longitude";
@Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
mLocationClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this)
.addConnectionCallbacks(this)
.addOnConnectionFailedListener(this)
.addApi(LocationServices.API)
.build();
mLocationRequest.setInterval(Constants.LOCATION_INTERVAL);
mLocationRequest.setFastestInterval(Constants.FASTEST_LOCATION_INTERVAL);
int priority = LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY; //by default
//PRIORITY_BALANCED_POWER_ACCURACY, PRIORITY_LOW_POWER, PRIORITY_NO_POWER are the other priority modes
mLocationRequest.setPriority(priority);
mLocationClient.connect();
//Make it stick to the notification panel so it is less prone to get cancelled by the Operating System.
return START_STICKY;
}
@Nullable
@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
return null;
}
/*
* LOCATION CALLBACKS
*/
@Override
public void onConnected(Bundle dataBundle) {
if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED && ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
// TODO: Consider calling
// ActivityCompat#requestPermissions
// here to request the missing permissions, and then overriding
// public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String[] permissions,
// int[] grantResults)
// to handle the case where the user grants the permission. See the documentation
// for ActivityCompat#requestPermissions for more details.
Log.d(TAG, "== Error On onConnected() Permission not granted");
//Permission not granted by user so cancel the further execution.
return;
}
LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.requestLocationUpdates(mLocationClient, mLocationRequest, this);
Log.d(TAG, "Connected to Google API");
}
/*
* Called by Location Services if the connection to the
* location client drops because of an error.
*/
@Override
public void onConnectionSuspended(int i) {
Log.d(TAG, "Connection suspended");
}
//to get the location change
@Override
public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
Log.d(TAG, "Location changed");
if (location != null) {
Log.d(TAG, "== location != null");
//Send result to activities
sendMessageToUI(String.valueOf(location.getLatitude()), String.valueOf(location.getLongitude()));
}
}
private void sendMessageToUI(String lat, String lng) {
Log.d(TAG, "Sending info... latitude: "+ lat + " | longitude: " + lng);
Intent intent = new Intent(ACTION_LOCATION_BROADCAST);
intent.putExtra(EXTRA_LATITUDE, lat);
intent.putExtra(EXTRA_LONGITUDE, lng);
LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(this).sendBroadcast(intent);
}
@Override
public void onConnectionFailed(ConnectionResult connectionResult) {
Log.d(TAG, "Failed to connect to Google API");
}
@Override
public void onDestroy() {
//Stop location sharing service to app server.........
stopService(new Intent(this, LocationMonitoringService.class));
Log.d(TAG, "OnDestroy");
//Ends................................................
super.onDestroy();
}
}
---------- this is my manifest
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="sysystem.panictrackermap">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.something.app.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PROFILE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.something.app.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CALL_PHONE" />
<permission
android:name="com.something.app.permission.C2D_MESSAGE"
android:protectionLevel="signature" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_maps"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_maps"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
<receiver android:name=".services.ServiceLocationStarter">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<service android:name=".services.LocationMonitoringService" />
<receiver android:name=".services.BootCompletedIntentReceiver">
<intent-filter android:priority="2147483647">
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MEDIA_BUTTON" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.CAMERA_BUTTON" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.CALL_BUTTON" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<service android:name=".firebase.CDCMessasingService">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.google.firebase.MESSAGING_EVENT" />
</intent-filter>
</service>
<service android:name=".firebase.CDCInstanceIDService">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.google.firebase.INSTANCE_ID_EVENT" />
</intent-filter>
</service>
The location is coming cool in the foreground but in the background it stops and I would like it to come to make a kind of personal locator