Android cannot resolve method requestLocationUpdates FusedLocationProviderAPI

Question

I'm attempting to follow the Android Receiving Location Updates tutorial. The example code is here on Github.

Everything is working except for this line: LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.requestLocationUpdates(mGoogleApiClient, mLocationRequest, this);

It's throwing a cannot resolve method requestLocationUpdates error. I don't see anything in the documentation, but I'm pretty new to Android so might be missing something :).

Here's the full code. Any ideas where I'm going wrong? Thanks!

package location.test.example.com;

import android.app.Fragment;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.location.Location;
import android.location.LocationListener;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.NavUtils;
import android.text.format.DateFormat;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.ActionMode;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.google.android.gms.common.ConnectionResult;
import com.google.android.gms.common.api.GoogleApiClient;
import com.google.android.gms.location.LocationRequest;
import com.google.android.gms.location.LocationServices;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;

public class LocationFragment extends Fragment implements
        GoogleApiClient.ConnectionCallbacks, GoogleApiClient.OnConnectionFailedListener, LocationListener {

    protected GoogleApiClient mGoogleApiClient;
    protected Location mCurrentLocation;
    protected LocationRequest mLocationRequest;
    protected String mLastUpdateTime;

    public static final long UPDATE_INTERVAL_IN_MILLISECONDS = 5000;

    public static final long FASTEST_UPDATE_INTERVAL_IN_MILLISECONDS = UPDATE_INTERVAL_IN_MILLISECONDS / 5;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        mLastUpdateTime = "";

        buildGoogleApiClient();

        if (NavUtils.getParentActivityName(getActivity()) != null) {
            getActivity().getActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
        }
        setHasOptionsMenu(true);

    }

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_location, container, false);    

        return v;
    }

    protected synchronized void buildGoogleApiClient() {
        mGoogleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(getActivity())
                .addConnectionCallbacks(this)
                .addOnConnectionFailedListener(this)
                .addApi(LocationServices.API)
                .build();
        createLocationRequest();
    }

    protected void createLocationRequest() {
        mLocationRequest = new LocationRequest();

        mLocationRequest.setInterval(UPDATE_INTERVAL_IN_MILLISECONDS);

        mLocationRequest.setFastestInterval(FASTEST_UPDATE_INTERVAL_IN_MILLISECONDS);

        mLocationRequest.setPriority(LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY);
        startLocationUpdates();
    }

    protected void startLocationUpdates() {
        LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.requestLocationUpdates(mGoogleApiClient, mLocationRequest, this);
    }

    @Override
    public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {

    }

    @Override
    public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {

    }

    @Override
    public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {

    }

    @Override
    public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
        mCurrentLocation = location;
        mLastUpdateTime = DateFormat.getDateFormat(getActivity()).format(new Date());
        Toast.makeText(getActivity(), location.toString() + "", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }

    @Override
    public void onConnected(Bundle connectionHint) {

    }

    @Override
    public void onConnectionFailed(ConnectionResult result) {
        Log.i("LocationFragment", "Connection failed: ConnectionResult.getErrorCode() " + result.getErrorCode());
    }

    @Override
    public void onConnectionSuspended(int cause) {
        Log.i("LocationFragment", "Connection suspended");
        mGoogleApiClient.connect();
    }

}

score 75 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 16 '15 at 05:08

75

You have to use LocationListener for LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.requestLocationUpdates's locationListener

not

android.location.LocationListener

but

com.google.android.gms.location.LocationListener

answered Mar 16 '15 at 05:08

jyasthin

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Should have noticed that one! Nice find – Tom Hammond Mar 16 '15 at 15:57
Nice one. The LocationListener of this problem should be changed. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34582370/how-can-i-use-google-maps-and-locationmanager-to-show-current-location-on-androi – RoCkDevstack Jun 01 '16 at 04:12
Man, you are brilliant. Thanks – Naveed Ahmad Jul 06 '17 at 05:59
will this work if user doesn't have google play services installed? – Saitama Oct 12 '17 at 22:34
Genius from hell – Faizan Mubasher Jan 17 '18 at 17:13
I'm using com.google.android.gms.location.LocationListener but still have the same problem :( – LordCommanDev Mar 01 '18 at 15:58
Even if I imported the right one, I'm still getting an error: "error: no suitable method found for requestLocationUpdates(GoogleApiClient,MapsActivity) LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.requestLocationUpdates(mGoogleApiClient, this);" – David Lee Jul 21 '20 at 09:11

score 11 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 08 '17 at 06:54

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Import

import com.google.android.gms.location.LocationListener;

instead of

import android.location.LocationListener;

edited Dec 08 '17 at 06:54

Pang

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answered Jan 10 '17 at 11:35

Deepak

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perfect solution. Thank you so much – Parmendra Singh May 12 '20 at 08:22

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 07 '18 at 09:16

Replace

import android.location.LocationListener;

From

import com.google.android.gms.location.LocationListener;

and remove these override methods

public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {}
@Override
public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {}
@Override
public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {}

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 14 '16 at 05:43

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Importing android.location.LocationListener or com.google.android.gms.location.LocationListener is useless as the packages remains unused. Implement com.google.android.gms.location.LocationListener inteface will do.

edited Mar 14 '16 at 05:43

Irshad

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answered Mar 12 '16 at 16:40

Akash Srivastava

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score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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Instead of changing the import statement , Use implements com.google.android.gms.location.LocationListener

than just LocationListener/android.location.LocationListener.

It sure solved my problem.

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

Community

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answered Jan 30 '17 at 21:31

Pavani

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Please explain your answer. How implementing this interface will fix the error? – Dave Ranjan Jan 30 '17 at 22:05

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 22 '17 at 10:14

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need update version of google play services 10.0.0+

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:10.0.0'

answered Jun 22 '17 at 10:14

Said CHAOUCHE

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