Android location permissions

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Samantha Withanage picture Samantha Withanage · Jan 26, 2014 · Viewed 80.6k times · Source

In my Android application I'm willing to use GPS locations.

  1. What are the main permissions that I should included in android manifest file in order to use GPS locations.
  2. In case of lost the GPS signal strength, is there any way to triangulate the position using mobile networks.

Thank you!

Answer

Jems picture Jems · Jan 26, 2014

The main permissions you need are android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION or android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION.

Only fine location will allow you access to gps data, and allows you access to everything else coarse location gives. You can use the methods of the LocationManager to acquire location data from gps and cell tower sources already, you do not have to work out this information yourself.

If you are targeting API Level 21 (5.0) or higher, you may also need this:

<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.location.gps" />

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