How can we turn on/off GPS programatically without going on setting screen in android?

Question

How can we turn on/off GPS programatically without going on setting screen in android?

Answer 1

You cannot do this.

This is important for privacy reasons.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1051649/how-to-programmatically-enable-gps-in-android-cupcake

Answer 2

// Remove the listener you previously added

locationManager.removeUpdates(locationListener);

got from http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/location/obtaining-user-location.html