LocationManager.IsProviderEnabled(String) Method

Definition

Returns the current enabled/disabled status of the given provider.

[Android.Runtime.Register("isProviderEnabled", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Z", "GetIsProviderEnabled_Ljava_lang_String_Handler")]
public virtual bool IsProviderEnabled (string provider);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("isProviderEnabled", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Z", "GetIsProviderEnabled_Ljava_lang_String_Handler")>]
abstract member IsProviderEnabled : string -> bool
override this.IsProviderEnabled : string -> bool

Parameters

provider
String

a provider listed by #getAllProviders()

Returns

true if the provider exists and is enabled

Attributes

Exceptions

if provider is null

Remarks

Returns the current enabled/disabled status of the given provider. To listen for changes, see #PROVIDERS_CHANGED_ACTION.

Before API version android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES#LOLLIPOP, this method would throw SecurityException if the location permissions were not sufficient to use the specified provider.

Java documentation for android.location.LocationManager.isProviderEnabled(java.lang.String).

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Applies to