Get the best known Location provider as per the application - Android Map

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Description

Get the best known Location provider as per the application

Demo Code


//package com.java2s;
import android.location.Criteria;
import android.location.LocationManager;

public class Main {
    /**/*from  w  w  w.jav  a2  s. c  om*/
     * Get the best known provider as per the application
     *
     * Priority as below
     *
     * 1) Best known provider as per {@link LocationManager}
     * 2) Network Provider if enabled
     * 3) GPS Provider if enabled
     * 4) Passive Provider
     *
     * @param locationManager - {@link LocationManager} instance
     * @return - String representing the location provider
     */
    public static String getBestProvider(LocationManager locationManager) {
        if (locationManager == null) {
            return null;
        }
        Criteria criteria = new Criteria();
        String provider = null;

        provider = locationManager.getBestProvider(criteria, false);
        if (provider != null) {
            return provider;
        }
        //Best Provider is not available. Alert as per Application preferred order
        else if (locationManager
                .isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER)) {
            return LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER;
        } else if (locationManager
                .isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER)) {
            return LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER;
        } else {
            return LocationManager.PASSIVE_PROVIDER;
        }
    }
}

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