Android: How To Initialize A Variable Of Type "Location" (other Than Making It Equal To Null)

Answer :

The API documentation is quite clear on this. First create a new Location instance:

Location loc = new Location("dummyprovider"); 

And then use the setter methods to set the location parameters you need, e.g.:

loc.setLatitude(20.3); loc.setLongitude(52.6); 

Location object = new Location("service Provider"); 

it will create an object of Type Location that contains the initial Latitude and Longitude at location '0' to get the initial values use

double lat = object.getLatitude(); double lng = object.getLongitude(); 

In Kotlin using LocationManager class you can pass the required location provider like:

val location = Location(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER) // OR GPS_PROVIDER based on the requirement location.latitude = 42.125 location.longitude = 55.123