Fetching User’s Last Known Location

For this lesson, let’s assume that the user’s location access falls under dangerous permissions. The app needs to request location permissions before explicitly accessing the GPS location.

Let’s learn how to fetch the device’s last known location using the LocationServices API.

Add the library dependency

We need to set up Google Play Services to access the device’s GPS location. Add the following library dependency in the app/build.gradle file:

Declare permissions in the manifest

We need to declare the following ...