Why is FusedLocationApi.getLastLocation null

Question

I am trying to get location by using FusedLocationApi.getLastLocation and I've got the location permissions in the manifest file:

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

However, I am getting null when I request the location from the system. I was just testing turning off and on location services so it may be related to that (of course, it's ON when I'm trying this). But even after returning null, I'm waiting for onLocationChanged to be called and it's never called. I've also seen a similar question here: FusedLocationApi.getLastLocation always null

Here is my code:

 protected LocationRequest createLocationRequest() {
    LocationRequest mLocationRequest = new LocationRequest();
    mLocationRequest.setInterval(120000);
    mLocationRequest.setFastestInterval(30000);
    mLocationRequest.setPriority(LocationRequest.PRIORITY_BALANCED_POWER_ACCURACY);
    return mLocationRequest;
}

protected GoogleApiClient getLocationApiClient(){
    return new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this)
            .addConnectionCallbacks(this)
            .addOnConnectionFailedListener(this)
            .addApi(LocationServices.API)
            .build();
}

LocationRequest locationRequest = createLocationRequest(); 

@Override
public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
    App.setLocation(location); // NEVER CALLED
}

@Override
public void onConnected(Bundle bundle) {
    App.setLocation(LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.getLastLocation(locationApiClient)); //RETURNS NULL
    LocationRequest locationRequest = createLocationRequest();
    LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.requestLocationUpdates(locationApiClient, locationRequest, this);
}

And on onCreate of my app:

locationApiClient = getLocationApiClient();
locationApiClient.connect();

Where this is my application object. Why am I getting null (yes, I do know it may be null in some rare circumstances as stated in the documents, but I'm ALWAYS getting this, not rarely) and still not getting location updates thereafter? It's a real device (Samsung Galaxy S3) without a SIM card, if it helps.

Answer 1

I am using FusedLocationProvider api in my app, Here is my code that works both on device and emulator -

  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
     //put your code here
     ....
     getLocation();

  }

 private void getLocation(){
    locationRequest = LocationRequest.create();
    locationRequest.setPriority(LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY);
    locationRequest.setInterval(LOCATION_INTERVAL);
    locationRequest.setFastestInterval(LOCATION_INTERVAL);
    fusedLocationProviderApi = LocationServices.FusedLocationApi;
    googleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this)
    .addApi(LocationServices.API)
    .addConnectionCallbacks(this)
    .addOnConnectionFailedListener(this)
    .build();
    if (googleApiClient != null) {
        googleApiClient.connect();
    }
}


   @Override
   public void onConnected(Bundle arg0) {
        fusedLocationProviderApi.requestLocationUpdates(googleApiClient,  locationRequest, this);
   }

   @Override
   public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
        Toast.makeText(mContext, "location :"+location.getLatitude()+" , "+location.getLongitude(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }

this is working code of mine.

Hope my code help you.

Cheers..