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copied!<p>I'm trying to get a GPS location and parse it to a String to in turn parse that to a clickable URL. I've done the code to get the location, which works, but because it can take a while to get a location, the String was executing before the location was parsed. I've tried messing around with Process Dialogs etc, but I can't get it to work.</p> <p>See Code</p> <p>public class ConfirmScreen extends Activity{</p> <pre><code>String mapCoord = "http://maps.google.com"; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_confirm_screen); LocationManager mlocManager = (LocationManager)getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE); LocationListener mLocListener = new MyLocationListener(); mlocManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER,0,0, mLocListener); sendEmail(); playSound(); } public void backHome(View view) { Intent intent = new Intent (this, MainScreen.class); startActivity(intent); } // Method to start playing and looping a sound. public void playSound() { MediaPlayer clickSound = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.warning); SharedPreferences sp = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this); Boolean soundCheck = sp.getBoolean("SOUND", false); if (soundCheck) { clickSound.start(); } }// method end public void sendEmail() { SharedPreferences sp = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this); String nameValue = sp.getString("NAME", "failed to get name"); String emailValue = sp.getString("EMAIL", "failed to get email"); Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND); i.setType("message/rfc822"); i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{emailValue}); i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Email sent from DON'T PANIC - A Chris O'Brien Project"); i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Hi there\n" + nameValue + " is in mortal danger. Please see the co-ords attached and run to their rescue!" + " If you don't see any co-ords, they didn't check the box and assume you know where they are.\nKind Regards\nDon't Panic! \n\n\n" + mapCoord); try { startActivity(Intent.createChooser(i, "Send mail....")); } catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException ex){ Toast.makeText(ConfirmScreen.this, "There are no email clients installed or set up", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); } } public class MyAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Result>{ private Activity activity; private ProgressDialog progressDialog; private double longitude; private double latitude; private String countryCode; public MyAsyncTask(Activity activity, double longitude, double latitude) { super(); this.activity = activity; this.longitude = longitude; this.latitude = latitude; } @Override protected void onPreExecute() { super.onPreExecute(); ProgressDialog.show(activity, "", "Looking for GPS satellites..."); } @Override protected Result doInBackground(Void... v) { Geocoder geocoder = new Geocoder(activity, Locale.getDefault()); List<Address> addresses; try { addresses = geocoder.getFromLocation(latitude, longitude, 1); countryCode = addresses.get(0).getAddressLine(2); }catch (IOException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); Toast.makeText(activity, "Location is not available, please try again later.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); } if(countryCode==null){ Toast.makeText(activity, "Location is not available, please try again later.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); } Toast.makeText(activity, countryCode, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); return null; } @Override protected void onPostExecute(Result result) { progressDialog.dismiss(); Toast.makeText(activity.getApplicationContext(), "Finished.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); } } //Location Listener public class MyLocationListener implements LocationListener { @Override public void onLocationChanged(Location location) { double lng = location.getLatitude(); double lat = location.getLongitude(); MyAsyncTask task = new MyAsyncTask(ConfirmScreen.this, lng, lat); task.execute(); Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Done :D", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); String text = "Current Location is \nLat: " + lng + " \nLng: " + lat; mapCoord = Double.toString(lng) + " " + Double.toString(lat); Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), text, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); } @Override public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) { Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "GPS Disabled", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); } @Override public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) { Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "GPS Enabled", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); } @Override public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub } } @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_confirm_screen, menu); return true; } } </code></pre> <p>Compiles with no errors but it doesn't do what I intend. I've been read others code and trying to implement onto my own but I'm probably messing up something.</p> <p>1) onCreate gets location 2) A dialog box should pop up until GPS co-ords are received 3) Those co-ords should be passed to a String 4) An email is sent with the co-ords (this works fine) 5) Sound plays if box checked (again this works)</p> <p>I was getting the co-ords but the difficulty was that the email method was being called before the app has the chance to get the co-ords. I don't want to use lastKnownCo-ords.</p>

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