Enable Disable GPS programatically in Android

Enable Disable GPS programatically in Android

Diable GPS 
above Version android 3.0
      if(android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > 11){
final Intent intent = new Intent("android.location.GPS_ENABLED_CHANGE");
        intent.putExtra("enabled", false);
        mContext.sendBroadcast(intent);
}

Below Version android 3.0
else{
String provider = Settings.Secure.getString(
mContext.getContentResolver(),
Settings.Secure.LOCATION_PROVIDERS_ALLOWED);
if (provider.contains("gps")) { // if gps is enabled
final Intent poke = new Intent();
poke.setClassName("com.android.settings",
"com.android.settings.widget.SettingsAppWidgetProvider");
poke.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_ALTERNATIVE);
poke.setData(Uri.parse("3"));
mContext.sendBroadcast(poke);
}
}

} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}

Enable GPS

above Version android 3.0
      if(android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > 11){
final Intent intent = new Intent("android.location.GPS_ENABLED_CHANGE");
        intent.putExtra("enabled", true);
        mContext.sendBroadcast(intent);
}

Below Version android 3.0
else{
String provider = Settings.Secure.getString(
mContext.getContentResolver(),
Settings.Secure.LOCATION_PROVIDERS_ALLOWED);
if (!provider.contains("gps")) { // if gps is enabled
final Intent poke = new Intent();
poke.setClassName("com.android.settings",
"com.android.settings.widget.SettingsAppWidgetProvider");
poke.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_ALTERNATIVE);
poke.setData(Uri.parse("3"));
mContext.sendBroadcast(poke);
}
}

} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();

}

Android Voice Recognition Example Demo

Android Voice Recognition Example Demo

This post about how to search voice based search places instead typing the text.

Source Code

Call Voice recognition 

 Intent intent = new Intent(RecognizerIntent.ACTION_RECOGNIZE_SPEECH);
        intent.putExtra(RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_LANGUAGE_MODEL, RecognizerIntent.LANGUAGE_MODEL_FREE_FORM);

        intent.putExtra(RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_PROMPT, "Tell me what you want");


Retrun Result Method

 @Override
    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        if(requestCode == REQUEST_RECOGNIZE && resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
            ArrayList<String> matches = data.getStringArrayListExtra(RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_RESULTS);
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            for(String piece : matches) {
                sb.append(piece);
                sb.append('\n');
            }
            if(matches.size() !=0){
            for(int i = 0; i<matches.size(); i++){
            text.setText("**********Single Values************ /n"+matches.get(0));
            }
            }
           
        } else {
            Toast.makeText(this, "Operation Canceled", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }

    }

Full Source Code

import java.util.ArrayList;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.app.AlertDialog;

import android.content.ActivityNotFoundException;

import android.content.DialogInterface;

import android.content.Intent;

import android.net.Uri;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.speech.RecognizerIntent;

import android.widget.TextView;

import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    private static final int REQUEST_RECOGNIZE = 100;

    TextView text;

    @Override

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        text = new TextView(this);

        setContentView(text);

        

        Intent intent = new Intent(RecognizerIntent.ACTION_RECOGNIZE_SPEECH);

        intent.putExtra(RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_LANGUAGE_MODEL, RecognizerIntent.LANGUAGE_MODEL_FREE_FORM);

        intent.putExtra(RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_PROMPT, "Tell me what you want");

        try {

            startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_RECOGNIZE);

        } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {

            AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);

            builder.setTitle("Not Available");

            builder.setMessage("No recognition software installed.Download ?");

            builder.setPositiveButton("Yes", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

                @Override

                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {

                    Intent marketIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);

                    marketIntent.setData(Uri.parse("https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.voicesearch"));

                }

            });

            builder.setNegativeButton("No", null);

            builder.create().show();

        }

    }

    /**

     * Handle the results from the voice recognition activity.

     */

    @Override

    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {

        if(requestCode == REQUEST_RECOGNIZE && resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {

            ArrayList<String> matches = data.getStringArrayListExtra(RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_RESULTS);

            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

            for(String piece : matches) {

                sb.append(piece);

                sb.append('\n');

            }

            if(matches.size() !=0){

            for(int i = 0; i<matches.size(); i++){

            text.setText("**********Single Values************ /n"+matches.get(0));

            }

            }

           

        } else {

            Toast.makeText(this, "Operation Canceled", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

        }

    }

}