How to get current location in Android

To get the current location in Android, you can use the FusedLocationProviderClient class from Google Play Services.

First, you will need to add the following permissions to your AndroidManifest.xml file:

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

Next, you can use the following code to get the current location in your activity:

import android.Manifest;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.location.Location;
import android.os.Bundle;
import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import androidx.core.app.ActivityCompat;
import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat;
import com.google.android.gms.location.FusedLocationProviderClient;
import com.google.android.gms.location.LocationRequest;
import com.google.android.gms.location.LocationServices;
import com.google.android.gms.location.Priority;
import com.google.android.gms.tasks.OnSuccessListener;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    private FusedLocationProviderClient fusedLocationClient;
    private static final int LOCATION_PERMISSION_REQUEST_CODE = 123;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        fusedLocationClient = LocationServices.getFusedLocationProviderClient(this);
        checkLocationPermission();
    }

    private void checkLocationPermission() {
        if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
            ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[]{Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION}, LOCATION_PERMISSION_REQUEST_CODE);
        } else {
            getCurrentLocation();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, @NonNull String[] permissions, @NonNull int[] grantResults) {
        super.onRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode, permissions, grantResults);
        if (requestCode == LOCATION_PERMISSION_REQUEST_CODE) {
            if (grantResults.length > 0 && grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
                getCurrentLocation();
            }
        }
    }

    private void getCurrentLocation() {
        if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
            return;
        }
        LocationRequest locationRequest = new LocationRequest.Builder(Priority.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY, 10000).build();

        fusedLocationClient.getCurrentLocation(locationRequest, ContextCompat.getMainExecutor(this))
                .addOnSuccessListener(this, new OnSuccessListener<Location>() {
                    @Override
                    public void onSuccess(Location location) {
                        if (location != null) {
                            // Location retrieved successfully
                        }
                    }
                });
    }
}

Note: If your app needs to fetch location in the background on Android 10 (API level 29) or higher, you must also declare the ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION permission in the manifest and request it at runtime.