Permission Denied Exception while Turning ON GPS Programmatically

Question

I need to enable GPS programmatically so that I used following to code enable GPS:

            String provider = Settings.Secure.getString(getContentResolver(),
                Settings.Secure.LOCATION_PROVIDERS_ALLOWED);

        if (!provider.contains("gps")) { // if gps is disabled
            final Intent poke = new Intent();
            poke
                    .setClassName("com.android.settings",
                            "com.android.settings.widget.SettingsAppWidgetProvider");
            poke.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_ALTERNATIVE);
            poke.setData(Uri.parse("3"));
            sendBroadcast(poke);

But when i Used this code I got following Exception:

    01-25 12:11:37.218: W/ActivityManager(477): Permission denied: checkComponentPermission() reqUid=1000
    01-25 12:11:37.218: W/ActivityManager(477): Permission Denial: broadcasting Intent { cat=[android.intent.category.ALTERNATIVE] dat=3 cmp=com.android.settings/.widget.SettingsAppWidgetProvider } from com.gpstraking (pid=982, uid=10186) requires null due to receiver com.android.settings/com.android.settings.widget.SettingsAppWidgetProvider

What permission I have to give to avoid this exception and Enable GPS.

not possible. See this link http://stackoverflow.com/a/9350691/1395259 and this http://stackoverflow.com/a/10302940/1395259 — Narendra Pal, Jan 25 '13 at 07:09
after 2.2 its depricated to turn on the GPS programatically. The only way to ask the user to turn on the GPS — Narendra Pal, Jan 25 '13 at 07:11
If your device rooted you can enable/disable GPS in software. Not trivial but possible. — OGP, Feb 13 '13 at 13:54

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 25 '13 at 07:05

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Do you have below line in your manifest:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"></uses-permission>

answered Jan 25 '13 at 07:05

Avadhani Y

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 25 '13 at 07:08

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Add this to the Manifest:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS"></uses-permission>

answered Jan 25 '13 at 07:08

Archie.bpgc

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If you have already done this. update the question with all the permissions added in the manifest – Archie.bpgc Jan 25 '13 at 07:09
This is not enough. The application must be the system application. It can be done with rooted device only. – OGP Feb 13 '13 at 13:51
Permission is only granted to system apps; – mohammad jannesary Jun 30 '15 at 15:26

Permission Denied Exception while Turning ON GPS Programmatically

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