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Cannot discover peers - Wifi Direct-

I want to have a connection between two android devices on the same local network and exchange data between them through my android app.
I used Wifi Direct Api with Broadcast receiver approach in order to get into that purpose, but for some reason the discoverPeers method does not get triggered.
This is the code for my MainActivity:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private static MainActivity instance;
Button btnOnOff, btnDiscover, btnSend;
ListView listView;
TextView read_msg_box, connection_status;
EditText writeMessage;
WifiManager wifiManager;
WifiP2pManager mManager;
WifiP2pManager.Channel mChannel;
BroadcastReceiver mReceiver;
IntentFilter mIntentFilter;
List<WifiP2pDevice> peers = new ArrayList<WifiP2pDevice>();
String[] deviceNameArray;
WifiP2pDevice[] deviceArray;
WifiP2pManager.PeerListListener peerListListener = new WifiP2pManager.PeerListListener() {
#Override
public void onPeersAvailable(WifiP2pDeviceList peerList) {
if (!peerList.getDeviceList().equals(peers)) {
peers.clear();
peers.addAll(peerList.getDeviceList());
deviceNameArray = new String[peerList.getDeviceList().size()];
deviceArray = new WifiP2pDevice[peerList.getDeviceList().size()];
int index = 0;
for (WifiP2pDevice device : peerList.getDeviceList()) {
deviceNameArray[index] = device.deviceName;
deviceArray[index] = device;
index++;
}
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(getApplicationContext(), android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, deviceNameArray);
listView.setAdapter(adapter);
}
if (peers.size() == 0) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "No device Found", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return;
}
}
};
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
initialWork();
exqListener();
}
public static MainActivity getInstance() {
return instance;
}
private void exqListener() {
btnOnOff.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
if (wifiManager.isWifiEnabled() == true) {
wifiManager.setWifiEnabled(false);
btnOnOff.setText("Set To OFF ");
} else {
wifiManager.setWifiEnabled(true);
btnOnOff.setText("Set To ON");
}
}
});
btnDiscover.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(getApplicationContext(), Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
// TODO: Consider calling
// ActivityCompat#requestPermissions
// here to request the missing permissions, and then overriding
// public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String[] permissions,
// int[] grantResults)
// to handle the case where the user grants the permission. See the documentation
// for ActivityCompat#requestPermissions for more details.
return;
}
mManager.discoverPeers(mChannel, new WifiP2pManager.ActionListener() {
#Override
public void onSuccess() {
connection_status.setText("Discovery Started");
}
#Override
public void onFailure(int reason) {
connection_status.setText("Discovery Starting Failed");
}
});
}
});
}
private void initialWork() {
btnOnOff = (Button) findViewById(R.id.onOff);
btnDiscover = (Button) findViewById(R.id.discover);
btnSend = (Button) findViewById(R.id.sendButton);
read_msg_box = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.readMsg);
connection_status = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.connectionStatus);
writeMessage = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.writeMsg);
listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.peerListView);
wifiManager = (WifiManager) getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);
mManager = (WifiP2pManager) getSystemService(Context.WIFI_P2P_SERVICE);
mChannel = mManager.initialize(this, getMainLooper(), null);
mReceiver = new WifiDirectBroadcastReceiver(mManager, mChannel, this);
mIntentFilter = new IntentFilter();
mIntentFilter.addAction(WifiP2pManager.WIFI_P2P_STATE_CHANGED_ACTION);
mIntentFilter.addAction(WifiP2pManager.WIFI_P2P_PEERS_CHANGED_ACTION);
mIntentFilter.addAction(WifiP2pManager.WIFI_P2P_CONNECTION_CHANGED_ACTION);
mIntentFilter.addAction(WifiP2pManager.WIFI_P2P_THIS_DEVICE_CHANGED_ACTION);
}
#Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
registerReceiver(mReceiver, mIntentFilter);
}
#Override
protected void onPause() {
super.onPause();
unregisterReceiver(mReceiver);
}
}
And this is the one of the WifiDirectBroadcatReceiver:
public class WifiDirectBroadcastReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
private WifiP2pManager mManager;
private WifiP2pManager.Channel mChannel;
private AppCompatActivity mActivity;
public WifiDirectBroadcastReceiver(WifiP2pManager mManager, WifiP2pManager.Channel mChannel, AppCompatActivity mActivity) {
this.mManager = mManager;
this.mChannel = mChannel;
this.mActivity = mActivity;
}
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
String action = intent.getAction();
if (WifiP2pManager.WIFI_P2P_STATE_CHANGED_ACTION.equals(action)) {
int state = intent.getIntExtra(WifiP2pManager.EXTRA_WIFI_STATE, -1);
if (state == WifiP2pManager.WIFI_P2P_STATE_ENABLED) {
Toast.makeText(context, "Wifi is ON", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
} else {
Toast.makeText(context, "Wifi is OFF", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
} else if (WifiP2pManager.WIFI_P2P_PEERS_CHANGED_ACTION.equals(action)) {
Toast.makeText(context, "Dkhal hnaya bro", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
if (mManager != null) {
if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(context, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
// TODO: Consider calling
// ActivityCompat#requestPermissions
// here to request the missing permissions, and then overriding
// public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String[] permissions,
// int[] grantResults)
// to handle the case where the user grants the permission. See the documentation
// for ActivityCompat#requestPermissions for more details.
return;
}
mManager.requestPeers(mChannel, MainActivity.getInstance().peerListListener);
}
} else if(WifiP2pManager.WIFI_P2P_CONNECTION_CHANGED_ACTION.equals(action)) {
// Do something
} else if (WifiP2pManager.WIFI_P2P_THIS_DEVICE_CHANGED_ACTION.equals(action)) {
// Do something
}
}
}
And this the permissions in AndroidManifest.xml:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"></uses-permission>
According to the code, there is a textView that should change its text once I press on the button btnDiscover, but when I do, nothing happens.
Knowing that I was turning my location service on before running the app, what would the error be ?
Every other approach to tackle the situation will be welcome.

Starting Android 11, certain permissions have to be requested during runtime, regardless of what's defined in your manifest. As the comments in your code point out, you should use requestPermissions to do so in your MainActivity and (optionally) react to the outcome using onRequestPermissionsResult.

How to fix that LocationManager and GpsStatus returning no satellites

I'm trying to set up an activity that when accessed will tell the user how many GPS satellites there are available and how strong the signal is, but since i can't even get the satellite number i'm kinda stuck.
And now that i have tried over a month to get it to work, by making the code to do it in the activity itself or up to several classes that extends and or implements the GpsStatus, GpsStatus.Listener or the LocationManager, i'm at a loss anyone got any ideas?
All of this code is in the activity itself.
I have cut out all uses of classes and code i've tried but couldn't get to work, this is the closest i have gotten and none of the counting variables returns anything but zero.
#TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.N)
public void countSatellites(){
int satellites = 0;
int satellitesInFix = 0;
LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
GpsStatus status = locationManager.getGpsStatus(null);
Iterable sats = status.getSatellites();
Iterator satI = sats.iterator();
int count = 0;
while(satI.hasNext()){
GpsSatellite gpssatellite = (GpsSatellite) satI.next();
if (gpssatellite.usedInFix()){
count++;
}
}
int timetofix = locationManager.getGpsStatus(null).getTimeToFirstFix();
for (GpsSatellite sat : locationManager.getGpsStatus(null).getSatellites()) {
if (sat.usedInFix()) {
satellitesInFix++;
}
satellites++;
}
}
#Override
public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String permissions[], int[] grantResults) {
switch (requestCode) {
case 1: {
if (grantResults.length > 0 && grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
if (checkLocationPermission()) {
countSatellites();
}
} else {
}
return;
}
}
}
public boolean checkLocationPermission() {
String permission = "android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION";
int res = this.checkCallingOrSelfPermission(permission);
return (res == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED);
}
#TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.M)
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_connections);
LocationUpdateService locationService = new LocationUpdateService();
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[]{Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION}, 1);
}
In a another file
public class LocationUpdateService extends Service implements GpsStatus.Listener{
public void onCreate(){
Log.i("on create", "success");
super.onCreate();
registerGpsStatusListener();
}
private void registerGpsStatusListener() {
Log.i("gps listener", "success");
ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION);
LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
locationManager.addGpsStatusListener(this);
}
#Override
public void onGpsStatusChanged(int event) {
Log.i("gps change", "success");
switch (event) {
case GpsStatus.GPS_EVENT_STARTED:
Log.e("gps started", "onGpsStatusChanged started");
break;
case GpsStatus.GPS_EVENT_STOPPED:
Log.e("gps stopped", "onGpsStatusChanged stopped");
break;
case GpsStatus.GPS_EVENT_FIRST_FIX:
Log.e("gps first", "onGpsStatusChanged first fix");
break;
case GpsStatus.GPS_EVENT_SATELLITE_STATUS:
Log.e("gps status", "onGpsStatusChanged status");
break;
}
}
#Nullable
#Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
Log.i("on bind", "success");
return null;
}
public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
Log.i("location change", "success");
}
}

Broadcast manager not working in Fragment

I have a BroadcastReceiver which is used to receive data from a BLE device. The same code is working fine in an Activity but not in Fragment.
Here is the code:
public class HomeFragment extends Fragment implements LocationListener {
Session session;
TextView textViewName;
TextView textViewSteps;
TextView textViewCalories;
TextView textViewDistance;
TextView textViewFimos;
ImageView imageViewInfo;
public static final String TAG = "StepCounter";
private UARTService mService = null;
private BluetoothDevice evolutionDevice = null;
private static final int UART_PROFILE_CONNECTED = 20;
private static final int UART_PROFILE_DISCONNECTED = 21;
private int mState = UART_PROFILE_DISCONNECTED;
MyDatabase myDatabase;
LocationManager service;
private LocationManager locationManager;
private String provider;
double latitude, longitude;
List<Byte> listBytes = new ArrayList<>();
int rowNumber = 1;
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_home, container, false);
getActivity().getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);
init(view);
return view;
}
#Override
public void onCreate(#Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
service_init();
}
private void init(View view) {
session = new Session(getActivity());
myDatabase = new MyDatabase(getActivity());
service = (LocationManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
boolean enabled = service.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
if (!enabled) {
Intent intent = new Intent(Settings.ACTION_LOCATION_SOURCE_SETTINGS);
startActivity(intent);
}
locationManager = (LocationManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
Criteria criteria = new Criteria();
provider = locationManager.getBestProvider(criteria, false);
if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(getActivity(), Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED && ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(getActivity(), Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
// TODO: Consider calling
// ActivityCompat#requestPermissions
// here to request the missing permissions, and then overriding
// public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String[] permissions,
// int[] grantResults)
// to handle the case where the user grants the permission. See the documentation
// for ActivityCompat#requestPermissions for more details.
return;
}
Location location = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(provider);
// Initialize the location fields
if (location != null) {
System.out.println("Provider " + provider + " has been selected.");
onLocationChanged(location);
}
textViewName = view.findViewById(R.id.textViewName);
textViewSteps = view.findViewById(R.id.textViewSteps);
textViewCalories = view.findViewById(R.id.textViewCalories);
textViewDistance = view.findViewById(R.id.textViewDistance);
textViewFimos = view.findViewById(R.id.textViewFimos);
imageViewInfo = view.findViewById(R.id.imageViewInfo);
try {
textViewName.setText("Hi, " + session.getUser().getUser().getName());
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
private void service_init() {
System.out.println("---->>>>");
Intent bindIntent = new Intent(getActivity().getApplicationContext(), UARTService.class);
getActivity().bindService(bindIntent, mServiceConnection, Context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE);
LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(getActivity()).registerReceiver(UARTStatusChangeReceiver, makeGattUpdateIntentFilter());
}
private ServiceConnection mServiceConnection = new ServiceConnection() {
public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName className, IBinder rawBinder) {
mService = ((UARTService.LocalBinder) rawBinder).getService();
Log.d(TAG, "onServiceConnected mService= " + mService);
if (!mService.initialize()) {
Log.e(TAG, "Unable to initialize Bluetooth");
getActivity().finish();
}
}
public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName classname) {
mService = null;
}
};
private static IntentFilter makeGattUpdateIntentFilter() {
final IntentFilter intentFilter = new IntentFilter();
intentFilter.addAction(UARTService.ACTION_GATT_CONNECTED);
intentFilter.addAction(UARTService.ACTION_GATT_DISCONNECTED);
intentFilter.addAction(UARTService.ACTION_GATT_SERVICES_DISCOVERED);
intentFilter.addAction(UARTService.ACTION_DATA_AVAILABLE);
intentFilter.addAction(UARTService.DEVICE_DOES_NOT_SUPPORT_UART);
return intentFilter;
}
private final BroadcastReceiver UARTStatusChangeReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
String action = intent.getAction();
final Intent mIntent = intent;
//*********************//
if (action.equals(UARTService.ACTION_GATT_CONNECTED)) {
getActivity().runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
System.out.println("------- Device Connected: " + evolutionDevice.getName() + " - " + evolutionDevice.getAddress());
mState = UART_PROFILE_CONNECTED;
}
});
}
//*********************//
if (action.equals(UARTService.ACTION_GATT_DISCONNECTED)) {
getActivity().runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
System.out.println("------- Device Disconnected");
mState = UART_PROFILE_DISCONNECTED;
mService.close();
evolutionDevice = null;
}
});
}
//*********************//
if (action.equals(UARTService.ACTION_GATT_SERVICES_DISCOVERED)) {
mService.enableTXNotification();
}
//*********************//
if (action.equals(UARTService.ACTION_DATA_AVAILABLE)) {
final byte[] txValue = intent.getByteArrayExtra(UARTService.EXTRA_DATA);
List<Byte> byteList = Bytes.asList(txValue);
combineArrays(byteList);
}
//*********************//
if (action.equals(UARTService.DEVICE_DOES_NOT_SUPPORT_UART)) {
System.out.println("------- Device doesn't support UART. Disconnecting");
mService.disconnect();
}
}
};
#Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(getActivity(), Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED && ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(getActivity(), Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
// TODO: Consider calling
// ActivityCompat#requestPermissions
// here to request the missing permissions, and then overriding
// public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String[] permissions,
// int[] grantResults)
// to handle the case where the user grants the permission. See the documentation
// for ActivityCompat#requestPermissions for more details.
return;
}
locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(provider, 400, 1, this);
Log.d(TAG, "onResume");
}
#Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}
#Override
public void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
Log.d(TAG, "onDestroy()");
try {
LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(getActivity()).unregisterReceiver(UARTStatusChangeReceiver);
} catch (Exception ignore) {
Log.e(TAG, ignore.toString());
}
getActivity().unbindService(mServiceConnection);
mService.stopSelf();
mService = null;
}
The complete code in the same ay with a few changes in working fine in Activity. Any idea what might be the blocker.? Do I need to do something else in the fragment to receive the data from the Local Broadcast Manager.?

Please try this way :
Create class BroadcastHelper
public class BroadcastHelper {
public static final String BROADCAST_EXTRA_METHOD_NAME = "INPUT_METHOD_CHANGED";
public static final String ACTION_NAME = "hossam";
public static void sendInform(Context context, String method) {
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(ACTION_NAME);
intent.putExtra(BROADCAST_EXTRA_METHOD_NAME, method);
try {
context.sendBroadcast(intent);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static void sendInform(Context context, String method, Intent intent) {
intent.setAction(ACTION_NAME);
intent.putExtra(BROADCAST_EXTRA_METHOD_NAME, method);
try {
context.sendBroadcast(intent);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
And in your fragment :
private Receiver receiver;
private boolean isReciverRegistered = false;
#Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
if (receiver == null) {
receiver = new Receiver();
IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(BroadcastHelper.ACTION_NAME);
getActivity().registerReceiver(receiver, filter);
isReciverRegistered = true;
}
}
#Override
public void onDestroy() {
if (isReciverRegistered) {
if (receiver != null)
getActivity().unregisterReceiver(receiver);
}
super.onDestroy();
}
private class Receiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context arg0, Intent arg1) {
Log.v("r", "receive " + arg1.getStringExtra(BroadcastHelper.BROADCAST_EXTRA_METHOD_NAME));
String methodName = arg1.getStringExtra(BroadcastHelper.BROADCAST_EXTRA_METHOD_NAME);
if (methodName != null && methodName.length() > 0) {
Log.v("receive", methodName);
switch (methodName) {
case "Test":
Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "message", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
break;
default:
break;
}
}
}
}
And to send your broadcast this this code :
BroadcastHelper.sendInform(context, "Test");
Or if you want to send data with it use :
Intent intent = new Intent("intent");
intent.putExtra("desc", desc);
intent.putExtra("name", Local_name);
intent.putExtra("code", productCode);
BroadcastHelper.sendInform(getActivity(), "Test" , intent);

I have a fragment where I do something similar. I put my code to setup the service in onCreateView and have a register and unregister in onPause() and onResume. Works good for me.

Can you check modify register receiver in service_init()
as
getActivity().registerReceiver(UARTStatusChangeReceiver, makeGattUpdateIntentFilter());
and for unregisterer receiver
getActivity().unregisterReceiver(UARTStatusChangeReceiver);

Location tracking in the background Android

I got some problems to keep a location tracking for my Android app.
The service we developed are all working, but depending on the phones and the API level, they are killed soon or later.
My purpose is to notify a user when he is getting out of a certain range, and this is working when the app is running.
This is the service that calculates when the user is in or out of the zone:
public class GeoFenceService extends BaseService {
#Inject
GeoFenceRepository geoFenceRepository;
SettingValueService settingValueService = new SettingValueService();
GeoFence geoFence;
private GeofencingClient mGeofencingClient;
PendingIntent mGeofencePendingIntent;
List<Geofence> mGeofenceList = new ArrayList<>();
public GeoFenceService() {
super();
Injector.getInstance().getAppComponent().inject(this);
}
public Observable<GeoFence> saveGeofence(GeoFence geoFence) {
if (geoFence.getId() == null)
geoFence.setId(CommonMethods.generateUuid());
commitToRealm(geoFence);
if (Application.getHasNetwork())
return geoFenceRepository.saveGeofence(geoFence);
else
return Observable.just(null);
}
public Observable<GeoFence> getGeofence() {
return geoFenceRepository.getGeofence();
}
public GeoFence getGeofenceFromRealm() {
Realm realm = Realm.getDefaultInstance();
RealmQuery<GeoFence> query = realm.where(GeoFence.class);
GeoFence result = query.findFirst();
if (result != null)
return realm.copyFromRealm(result);
return null;
}
public void initGeoFence(Context context) {
SettingValue autoCloking = settingValueService.getSettingByName("auto_clocking");
if (autoCloking != null && autoCloking.getValue().equals("true")) {
if (mGeofencingClient == null)
mGeofencingClient = LocationServices.getGeofencingClient(context);
geoFence = getGeofenceFromRealm();
if (geoFence != null) {
addGeofence(geoFence, context);
}
}
}
#SuppressLint("MissingPermission")
public void addGeofence(GeoFence geofence, Context context) {
mGeofenceList.clear();//only 1 geofence at the same time.
mGeofenceList.add(new Geofence.Builder()
// Set the request ID of the geofence. This is a string to identify this
// geofence.
.setRequestId(geofence.getId())
.setCircularRegion(
geofence.getLatitude(),
geofence.getLongitude(),
(float) geofence.getRadius()
)
.setExpirationDuration(Geofence.NEVER_EXPIRE)
.setLoiteringDelay(30000)
.setTransitionTypes(Geofence.GEOFENCE_TRANSITION_ENTER |
Geofence.GEOFENCE_TRANSITION_EXIT | Geofence.GEOFENCE_TRANSITION_DWELL)
.build());
mGeofencingClient.addGeofences(getGeofencingRequest(), getGeofencePendingIntent(context));
}
private PendingIntent getGeofencePendingIntent(Context context) {
// Reuse the PendingIntent if we already have it.
if (mGeofencePendingIntent != null) {
return mGeofencePendingIntent;
}
Intent intent = new Intent(context, GeofencingService.class);
// We use FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT so that we get the same pending intent back when
// calling addGeofences() and removeGeofences().
mGeofencePendingIntent = PendingIntent.getService(context, 0, intent, PendingIntent.
FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
return mGeofencePendingIntent;
}
private GeofencingRequest getGeofencingRequest() {
GeofencingRequest.Builder builder = new GeofencingRequest.Builder();
builder.setInitialTrigger(GeofencingRequest.INITIAL_TRIGGER_ENTER | GeofencingRequest.INITIAL_TRIGGER_EXIT);
builder.addGeofences(mGeofenceList);
return builder.build();
}
public void removeGeofence(Context context) {
if (mGeofencingClient != null)
mGeofencingClient.removeGeofences(getGeofencePendingIntent(context));
}
}
Even if this was working in the background we made a service to wake up the GPS of the phone every 60 sec following the advice of this question.
This is the service we made:
public class UpdateLocationService extends Service implements GoogleApiClient.ConnectionCallbacks, GoogleApiClient.OnConnectionFailedListener, LocationListener {
private static final String TAG = "UpdateLocationService";
private static final int LOCATION_INTERVAL = 60000;
private Context mContext;
private LocationRequest locationRequest;
private GoogleApiClient googleApiClient;
private FusedLocationProviderApi fusedLocationProviderApi;
#Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0) {
return null;
}
#Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
Log.e(TAG, "onStartCommand");
super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId);
return START_STICKY;
}
#Override
public void onCreate() {
Log.e(TAG, "onCreate");
mContext = this;
getLocation();
}
#Override
public void onDestroy() {
Log.e(TAG, "onDestroy");
super.onDestroy();
try {
if (googleApiClient != null) {
googleApiClient.disconnect();
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
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) {
// Location location =
fusedLocationProviderApi.getLastLocation(googleApiClient);
if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED && ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
// TODO: Consider calling
// ActivityCompat#requestPermissions
// here to request the missing permissions, and then overriding
// public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String[] permissions,
// int[] grantResults)
// to handle the case where the user grants the permission. See the documentation
// for ActivityCompat#requestPermissions for more details.
return;
}
fusedLocationProviderApi.requestLocationUpdates(googleApiClient, locationRequest, this);
}
#Override
public void onConnectionSuspended(int arg0) {
}
#Override
public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
Toast.makeText(mContext, "User location :"+location.getLatitude()+" , "+location.getLongitude(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
#Override
public void onConnectionFailed(ConnectionResult arg0) {
}
}
and finally this is the call in our main activity:
if (checkGpsProviderEnabled()) {
geoFenceService.initGeoFence(this);
Intent msgIntent = new Intent(this, GeofencingService.class);
startService(msgIntent);
startService(new Intent(this,UpdateLocationService.class));
}
Of course, we implement the authorization for Localisation and service déclaration in our AndroidManifest
And everything is working fine when the app isn't in the foreground
The foreground is working on some device but not all, and I wanted to know if I can do something more to force our services to run all the time in the background
Thanks in advance

Can't update location periodcally to server

I am developing application which update user's location periodically. I make the service and it worked, I send results by broadcast
Intent i = new Intent("location_update");
i.putExtra("lat",location.getLatitude());
i.putExtra("lang",location.getLongitude());
sendBroadcast(i);
I am also received result successfully here:
latData=String.valueOf(intent.getExtras().get("lat"));
langData=String.valueOf(intent.getExtras().get("lang"));
till now everything worked fine but when iam try to update database lat&lang by retrofit like that
user.lang= Float.parseFloat(langData);
it gives me null pointer exception and that's because user.lang receive null value! Also I am sure 100% I receive data from the service successfully and to get certain I pass the data to text view and it worked and changed periodically. Whatever, this is my full code for connection
<?php
include 'DB.php';
$data = file_get_contents("php://input");
$obj = json_decode($data);
$db = DB::getInstance();
header('Content-Type: application/json');
if(!isset($obj->{'lang'})){
print "{\"status\":0,\"message\":\"lang is Missing !\"}" ;
}else if(!isset($obj->{'lat'})){
print "{\"status\":0,\"message\":\"lat is Missing !\"}" ;
}else if(!isset($obj->{'username'})){
print "{\"status\":0,\"message\":\"username is Missing !\"}" ;
}else{
$lang = $obj->{'lang'};
$lat = $obj->{'lat'};
$username= $obj->{'username'};
$update = $db->update('users',
[
'lang' => $lang,
'lat' => $lat,
])->where('user_name','=',$username)->exec();
if($update){
print "{\"status\":1,\"message\":\"\"}" ;
} else {
print "{\"status\":0,\"message\":\"Error while updating\"}" ;
}
}
User
public class User extends RealmObject{
#SerializedName("username")
public String username;
#SerializedName("password")
public String password;
#SerializedName("email")
public String email;
#SerializedName("lang")
public float lang;
#SerializedName("lat")
public float lat;
#SerializedName("id")
public int id;
public boolean isAdmin;}
Main Activity
public class MainActivity2 extends AppCompatActivity {
private Button btn_start, btn_stop;
private TextView langLoc, latLoc,idupdate;
private BroadcastReceiver broadcastReceiver;
User user = new User();
String latData , langData;
#Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
if(broadcastReceiver == null){
broadcastReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context,Intent intent) {
latData=String.valueOf(intent.getExtras().get("lat"));
langData=String.valueOf(intent.getExtras().get("lang"));
//langLoc.setText(langData);
//latLoc.setText(latData);
}
};
}
registerReceiver(broadcastReceiver,new IntentFilter("location_update"));
user.username= "mohamed";
//user.lang= Float.parseFloat(langData);
//user.lat= (float) 15.15;
/*IncomingData
User user = Session.getInstance().getUser();
if (user !=null){
tv_email.setText(user.username);
}*/
Webservice.getInstance().getApi().UpdateuserLocation(user).enqueue(new Callback<MainResponse>() {
#Override
public void onResponse(Call<MainResponse> call, Response<MainResponse> response) {
}
#Override
public void onFailure(Call<MainResponse> call, Throwable t) {
}
});
}
#Override
protected void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
if(broadcastReceiver != null){
unregisterReceiver(broadcastReceiver);
}
}
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main22);
btn_start = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button);
btn_stop = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button2);
latLoc = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.lat);
langLoc = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.lang);
if(!runtime_permissions())
enable_buttons();
}
private void enable_buttons() {
btn_start.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
//Service Start
Intent i =new Intent(getApplicationContext(),GPS_Service.class);
startService(i);
}
});
btn_stop.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),GPS_Service.class);
stopService(i);
}
});
}
private boolean runtime_permissions() {
if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 23 && ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED && ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED){
requestPermissions(new String[]{Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION},100);
return true;
}
return false;
}
#Override
public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, #NonNull String[] permissions, #NonNull int[] grantResults) {
super.onRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode, permissions, grantResults);
if(requestCode == 100){
if( grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED && grantResults[1] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED){
enable_buttons();
}else {
runtime_permissions();
}
}
}
}
Last thing, when I make the data of user static like that
user.username= "mohamed";
user.lang= (float) 15.155;
the app send the data to server and database updated successfully.

The problem is that your string langData is null until initialized in the onReceive callback of your Receiver. You need to move your parseFloat call into that so that the variable has been initialized. Then, once the variables are initialized, you would update your user and then fire off the request.
Like so:
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context,Intent intent) {
latData=String.valueOf(intent.getExtras().get("lat"));
langData=String.valueOf(intent.getExtras().get("lang"));
user.lang= Float.parseFloat(langData);
user.lat= Float.parseFloat(latData);
Webservice.getInstance().getApi().UpdateuserLocation(user).enqueue(new Callback<MainResponse>() {
#Override
public void onResponse(Call<MainResponse> call, Response<MainResponse> response) {
}
#Override
public void onFailure(Call<MainResponse> call, Throwable t) {
}
});
}