LocationManager.IsProviderEnabled(String) Method

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Definition

Namespace:: Android.Locations

Assembly:: Mono.Android.dll

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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

Boolean

true if the provider exists and is enabled

Attributes: RegisterAttribute

Exceptions

IllegalArgumentException

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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