Geo fencing Practicals

Below given snippet. API client connection need to be done before starting the geo fencing request. 

public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId)

            {

                

                if(mGeofenceList == null)

                {

                    mGeofenceList = new ArrayList();

                }

                mGeofenceList.add(new Geofence.Builder()

                                  // Set the request ID of the geofence. This is a string to identify this

                                  // geofence.

                                  .setRequestId("HOME_GF")

                                  .setCircularRegion(12.841022,

                                                     77.6480388,

                                                     100

                                                     )

                                  .setExpirationDuration(600000 * 6)

                                  .setTransitionTypes(Geofence.GEOFENCE_TRANSITION_ENTER |

                                                      Geofence.GEOFENCE_TRANSITION_EXIT)

                                  .build());

                

                buildGoogleApiClient();

                mGoogleApiClient.connect();

                return START_REDELIVER_INTENT;

            }

private PendingIntent getGeofencePendingIntent() {

    // Reuse the PendingIntent if we already have it.

    if (mGeofencePendingIntent != null) {

        return mGeofencePendingIntent;

    }

    Intent intent = new Intent(this, GeoFenceTransitionsIntentService.class);

    // We use FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT so that we get the same pending intent back when

    // calling addGeofences() and removeGeofences().

    return PendingIntent.getService(this, 0, intent, PendingIntent.

                                    FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);

}

/**

 * Runs when a GoogleApiClient object successfully connects.

 */

@Override

public void onConnected(Bundle connectionHint) {

    Log.i(LOG_TAG, "Connected to GoogleApiClient");

    Toast.makeText(AppUtils.getAppContext(), "Connected to GoogleApiClient", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

    LocationServices.GeofencingApi.addGeofences(

                                                mGoogleApiClient,

                                                getGeofencingRequest(),

                                                getGeofencePendingIntent()

                                                ).setResultCallback(this);

}

@Override

public void onConnectionFailed(ConnectionResult result) {

    // Refer to the javadoc for ConnectionResult to see what error codes might be returned in

    // onConnectionFailed.

    Log.i(LOG_TAG, "Connection failed: ConnectionResult.getErrorCode() = " + result.getErrorCode());

    String info = "Connection failed: ConnectionResult.getErrorCode() = " + result.getErrorCode();

    Toast.makeText(AppUtils.getAppContext(), info , Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

}

@Override

public void onConnectionSuspended(int cause) {

    // The connection to Google Play services was lost for some reason.

    Log.i(LOG_TAG, "Connection suspended");

    Toast.makeText(AppUtils.getAppContext(), "Connection suspended" , Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

    

    // onConnected() will be called again automatically when the service reconnects

}

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