Detect Stationary Device Using Gps

I am creating an app that alerts user if he has been stationary for a few minutes(say 10). I find it easy to detect motion, using LocationListener which triggers a function if devi

Solution 1:

You could easily set a timer and when the LocationListener fires, reset the timer to zero. If the timer reaches 10 minutes, then you know that the user hasn't moved. The downside to this approach is that the timer must continue to run, so you will need to install as a service.

http://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Timer.html

Solution 2:

something like this might do the trick I am not sure if this code works, I haven't test it, but generally what you need to do is get the current location. then user a timer to check it in 10 minutes if it is still in the same location. if not use an intent to start a new activity.

privatedouble locationcheck;

locationcheck = this.getcurrentlocation();

publicdouble[] getcurrentlocation(){
double[] locations= new String[2];
l = lm.getLastKnownLocation(providers.get(i));
locations[0] = l.getLatitude();
locations[0] = l.getLongitude();
return 
}

then use this method to check it :

 final Handler handler = new Handler(); 
           Timer t = new Timer(); 
            t.schedule(new TimerTask() { 
                    publicvoidrun() { 
                            handler.post(new Runnable() { 
                                    publicvoidrun() { 

                                        if (locationcheck!=this.getcurrentlocation()) {

    Intent i=new Intent(ctxt, YourActivity.class);
        StartActivity(i);

                                        }   
                                    } 
                            }); 
                    } 
            }, 3000,10000);