Turn on Location Providers Programmatically in Android

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Prem Singh Bist picture Prem Singh Bist · Jan 24, 2012 · Viewed 22.1k times · Source

Is it possible to turn on LocationProviders(GPS Provider/Network Providers) on Device programatically, if it is turned off?

Answer

Rotemmiz picture Rotemmiz · Jan 24, 2012

No, it is not, but you can open the Location services settings window:

context.startActivity(new Intent(Settings.ACTION_LOCATION_SOURCE_SETTINGS));

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