RxLocationManager

Android library that helps to get location using standart LocationManager, RxJava (1 and 2) and Kotlin. It does not use the Google Play Services and it's easier to use.

Features

• The library have rxJava and rxJava2 implementations. It is writen in Kotlin, so you can use it in your projects with full language support.
• Get last known device location from any location provider. You can specify how old Location can be. For example you want only those locations that have been received up to 30 minutes ago.
• Request current device location. You can specify how long the request will continue. After that Observable will be unsubscribed automatically.
• You can use LocationRequestBuilder to build sequence of location requests.
• All methods will return an rxJava objects (Single, Maybe, etc.), so you can perform transofrm/map... etc methods on it.
• No need to check is Google Play Services valid or installed on device.

Samples

Both rxJava and rxJava2 implementations have same interface but have some differences (like rxJava2 implementation can't emil null value).

If you want to know how to use it on Java/Kotlin Android project with rxJava/rxJava2 support, please look at any sample projects.

Get last known location

rxJava1:

• Single;
• It will emit null if there is no last location;
• It can emit ElderLocationException if location is too old.

rxJava2:

• Maybe;
• It will not emit any value if there is no last location;
• It can emit ElderLocationException if location is too old.

/**
* Get last known location from network provider (You can set any other).
* It will emit only those locations that have been received up to hour ago
*/
final RxLocationManager rxLocationManager = new RxLocationManager(this);
rxLocationManager.getLastLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER, LocationTime.OneHour()).subscribe();

Request location

rxJava1:

• Single

rxJava2:

• Single

/**
*Request current location with timeout. 
*It can emit ProviderDisabledException in case of timeout.
*/
final RxLocationManager rxLocationManager = new RxLocationManager(this);
rxLocationManager.requestLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER, new LocationTime(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)).subscribe();

LocationRequestBuilder

rxJava1:

• Single
• It will emit null if a result is empty and the defaultLocations is null too.

rxJava2:

• Maybe;
• It will not emit any value if a result is empty and the defaultLocations is null.

/**
* 1. Try to get valid last known location
* 2. If last known location is not valid, try to get current location from GPS
* 3. Emit a default location if no location was emitted.
*/
final LocationRequestBuilder locationRequestBuilder = new LocationRequestBuilder(this);
locationRequestBuilder.addLastLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER, new LocationTime(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS), false)
                .addRequestLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, new LocationTime(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
                .setDefaultLocation(new Location(LocationManager.PASSIVE_PROVIDER))
                .create()
                .subscribe();

Note: By default the LocationRequestBuilder will ignore any library exceptions, but will throw any other. You can use a transformer to change it. The code below will ignore any error.

addLastLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER, new LocationTime(30, TimeUnit.MINUTES), new IgnoreErrorTransformer(null))

Download

rxJava1

Maven:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.github.zellius</groupId>
  <artifactId>rxlocationmanager</artifactId>
  <version>x.y.z</version>
</dependency>

Gradle:

compile 'com.github.zellius:rxlocationmanager:x.y.z'

rxJava2

Maven:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.github.zellius</groupId>
  <artifactId>rxlocationmanager-rxjava2</artifactId>
  <version>x.y.z</version>
</dependency>

Gradle:

compile 'com.github.zellius:rxlocationmanager-rxjava2:x.y.z'

Setup

Add the necessary permissions to your app manifest.xml.

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

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2017 Sergey Solodovnikov

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