The above answer is not according to what Google Doc Referred for Location Tracking in Google api v2.
I just followed the official tutorial and ended up with this class that is fetching the current location and centring the map on it as soon as i get that.
you can extend this class to have LocationReciever to have periodic Location Update. I just executed this code on api level 7
http://developer.android.com/training/location/retrieve-current.html
Here it goes.
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.Dialog;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.IntentSender;
import android.location.Location;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.DialogFragment;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;
import com.google.android.gms.common.ConnectionResult;
import com.google.android.gms.common.GooglePlayServicesClient;
import com.google.android.gms.common.GooglePlayServicesUtil;
import com.google.android.gms.location.LocationClient;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.CameraUpdate;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.CameraUpdateFactory;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap.OnMapLongClickListener;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng;
public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity implements
GooglePlayServicesClient.ConnectionCallbacks,
GooglePlayServicesClient.OnConnectionFailedListener{
private SupportMapFragment mapFragment;
private GoogleMap map;
private LocationClient mLocationClient;
/*
* Define a request code to send to Google Play services
* This code is returned in Activity.onActivityResult
*/
private final static int CONNECTION_FAILURE_RESOLUTION_REQUEST = 9000;
// Define a DialogFragment that displays the error dialog
public static class ErrorDialogFragment extends DialogFragment {
// Global field to contain the error dialog
private Dialog mDialog;
// Default constructor. Sets the dialog field to null
public ErrorDialogFragment() {
super();
mDialog = null;
}
// Set the dialog to display
public void setDialog(Dialog dialog) {
mDialog = dialog;
}
// Return a Dialog to the DialogFragment.
@Override
public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
return mDialog;
}
}
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main_activity);
mLocationClient = new LocationClient(this, this, this);
mapFragment = ((SupportMapFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map));
map = mapFragment.getMap();
map.setMyLocationEnabled(true);
}
/*
* Called when the Activity becomes visible.
*/
@Override
protected void onStart() {
super.onStart();
// Connect the client.
if(isGooglePlayServicesAvailable()){
mLocationClient.connect();
}
}
/*
* Called when the Activity is no longer visible.
*/
@Override
protected void onStop() {
// Disconnecting the client invalidates it.
mLocationClient.disconnect();
super.onStop();
}
/*
* Handle results returned to the FragmentActivity
* by Google Play services
*/
@Override
protected void onActivityResult(
int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
// Decide what to do based on the original request code
switch (requestCode) {
case CONNECTION_FAILURE_RESOLUTION_REQUEST:
/*
* If the result code is Activity.RESULT_OK, try
* to connect again
*/
switch (resultCode) {
case Activity.RESULT_OK:
mLocationClient.connect();
break;
}
}
}
private boolean isGooglePlayServicesAvailable() {
// Check that Google Play services is available
int resultCode = GooglePlayServicesUtil.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(this);
// If Google Play services is available
if (ConnectionResult.SUCCESS == resultCode) {
// In debug mode, log the status
Log.d("Location Updates", "Google Play services is available.");
return true;
} else {
// Get the error dialog from Google Play services
Dialog errorDialog = GooglePlayServicesUtil.getErrorDialog( resultCode,
this,
CONNECTION_FAILURE_RESOLUTION_REQUEST);
// If Google Play services can provide an error dialog
if (errorDialog != null) {
// Create a new DialogFragment for the error dialog
ErrorDialogFragment errorFragment = new ErrorDialogFragment();
errorFragment.setDialog(errorDialog);
errorFragment.show(getSupportFragmentManager(), "Location Updates");
}
return false;
}
}
/*
* Called by Location Services when the request to connect the
* client finishes successfully. At this point, you can
* request the current location or start periodic updates
*/
@Override
public void onConnected(Bundle dataBundle) {
// Display the connection status
Toast.makeText(this, "Connected", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
Location location = mLocationClient.getLastLocation();
LatLng latLng = new LatLng(location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude());
CameraUpdate cameraUpdate = CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(latLng, 17);
map.animateCamera(cameraUpdate);
}
/*
* Called by Location Services if the connection to the
* location client drops because of an error.
*/
@Override
public void onDisconnected() {
// Display the connection status
Toast.makeText(this, "Disconnected. Please re-connect.",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
/*
* Called by Location Services if the attempt to
* Location Services fails.
*/
@Override
public void onConnectionFailed(ConnectionResult connectionResult) {
/*
* Google Play services can resolve some errors it detects.
* If the error has a resolution, try sending an Intent to
* start a Google Play services activity that can resolve
* error.
*/
if (connectionResult.hasResolution()) {
try {
// Start an Activity that tries to resolve the error
connectionResult.startResolutionForResult(
this,
CONNECTION_FAILURE_RESOLUTION_REQUEST);
/*
* Thrown if Google Play services canceled the original
* PendingIntent
*/
} catch (IntentSender.SendIntentException e) {
// Log the error
e.printStackTrace();
}
} else {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Sorry. Location services not available to you", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}
}