Thursday, May 3, 2012

Calculate Device Moving Speed Programmatically

so this evening i would like to share with you new thing what i have learn..

some time we need to calculate moving speed of our android mobile device.

this example will calculate the location coordinates latitude-longitude after every 5 seconds gap.
and then calculate the speed of device in m/s.
all work done in background by the service.

so i we need to do is install this app into mobile and close now it started a background service
and calculate the speed forever..
[you can create without any activity also, but i have created an activity ans started the service from activity]

let's begin the coding, first of all we need to create a simple project having single activity like this
DeviceMovingSpeed.java
  
package com.rdc;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;

public class DeviceMovingSpeed extends Activity// implements Runnable
{
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
 
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        Log.v("Debug", "Activity started..");
        Intent myIntent=new Intent(this,MyService.class);  
  startService(myIntent);  
    } 
}

Now we need to create a service where we will handle all the stuff creating a thread Getting current location calculating coordinates latitude-longitude calculating distance and device moving speed
MyService.java
  
package com.rdc;

import android.app.Service;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.location.Location;
import android.location.LocationListener;
import android.location.LocationManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.IBinder;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MyService extends Service
{ 
 private LocationManager locManager;
 private LocationListener locListener = new myLocationListener();
 static final Double EARTH_RADIUS = 6371.00;
 
 private boolean gps_enabled = false;
 private boolean network_enabled = false;
 
 private Handler handler = new Handler();
 Thread t;
 
   @Override
   public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {return null;}
   @Override
   public void onCreate() {}
   @Override
   public void onDestroy() {}
   @Override
   public void onStart(Intent intent, int startid) {}   
   @Override
 public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId){
 
 Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Service Started", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
   
 final Runnable r = new Runnable()
 {   public void run() 
     {
   Log.v("Debug", "Hello");
   location();
   handler.postDelayed(this, 5000);
     }
 };
  handler.postDelayed(r, 5000);  
       return START_STICKY; 
 }
   
   public void location(){
 locManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
  
 try{
 gps_enabled = locManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
 }
 catch(Exception ex){}
 try{
 network_enabled = locManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);    
 }
 catch(Exception ex){}
 Log.v("Debug", "in on create.. 2");   
 if (gps_enabled) {
 locManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER,0,0,locListener);
 Log.v("Debug", "Enabled..");
 }
 if (network_enabled) {
 locManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER,0,0,locListener);
 Log.v("Debug", "Disabled..");
 }
 Log.v("Debug", "in on create..3");
 }   
 
   private class myLocationListener implements LocationListener
   {
      double lat_old=0.0;
      double lon_old=0.0;
      double lat_new;
      double lon_new;
      double time=10;
      double speed=0.0;
      @Override
 public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {   
 Log.v("Debug", "in onLocation changed..");   
 if(location!=null){    
 locManager.removeUpdates(locListener);    
 //String Speed = "Device Speed: " +location.getSpeed();
 lat_new=location.getLongitude();
 lon_new =location.getLatitude();
 String longitude = "Longitude: " +location.getLongitude();
 String latitude = "Latitude: " +location.getLatitude();    
 double distance =CalculationByDistance(lat_new, lon_new, lat_old, lon_old);    
 speed = distance/time;     
 Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), longitude+"\n"+latitude+"\nDistance is: "
   +distance+"\nSpeed is: "+speed , Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
 lat_old=lat_new;
 lon_old=lon_new;
 }
 }
 @Override
 public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {}
 @Override
 public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {}
 @Override
 public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {}    
   }   
   
   public double CalculationByDistance(double lat1, double lon1, double lat2, double lon2) {
  double Radius = EARTH_RADIUS;
  double dLat = Math.toRadians(lat2-lat1);  
  double dLon = Math.toRadians(lon2-lon1);  
  double a = Math.sin(dLat/2) * Math.sin(dLat/2) +  
  Math.cos(Math.toRadians(lat1)) * Math.cos(Math.toRadians(lat2)) *  
  Math.sin(dLon/2) * Math.sin(dLon/2);  
  double c = 2 * Math.asin(Math.sqrt(a));  
  return Radius * c;
   }   
}

now come to AndroidManifest.xml
  


    


    
        
            
                
                
            
                
        
   
           
              
              
           
      
    


okay!! that's it.. now run the application toast will appear to say :-
"current coordinates"
"distance if device is moving"
"and speed of device in m/s (meter/seconds)"

 cheers!!

 I'd love to hear your thoughts!

4 comments:

  1. Hello,

    Can I please get your email so I can ask you some question about android application development in private?

    Or email me at thickspecs@gmail.com

    THANK YOU!

    -Maple

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  2. Hi,

    This is exactly what I am after. I cant seem to get it to work though. It comes up with just a blank screen. Do I need to add anything else to my main.xml other than just the standard relative layout?

    Many Thanks

    Paul

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