LocationService.Start

Parameters

Description

Starts location service updates.

After you call this function, you can access the device's last location coordinates by checking lastData in Input.location.

Note: The location service doesn't start to send location data immediately. Therefore, check the current service status in Input.location.

On Android, using this method in scripts automatically adds the ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permission to the android manifest. If you use low accuracy values like 500 or higher, select Low Accuracy Location in Player Settings to add the ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION permission instead.

On WebGL, this method must be invoked as a response to a user gesture (such as a mouse click) within a coroutine. Note: Geolocation services are available only with an HTTPS connection, except during development when you might use http://localhost. The use of desiredAccuracyInMeters and updateDistanceInMeters isn't supported since the user device determines those two values.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class TestLocationService : MonoBehaviour
{
    IEnumerator Start()
    {
        // Check if the user has location service enabled.
        if (!Input.location.isEnabledByUser)
            Debug.Log("Location not enabled on device or app does not have permission to access location");

        // Starts the location service.
        Input.location.Start();

        // Waits until the location service initializes
        int maxWait = 20;
        while (Input.location.status == LocationServiceStatus.Initializing && maxWait > 0)
        {
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(1);
            maxWait--;
        }

        // If the service didn't initialize in 20 seconds this cancels location service use.
        if (maxWait < 1)
        {
            Debug.Log("Timed out");
            yield break;
        }

        // If the connection failed this cancels location service use.
        if (Input.location.status == LocationServiceStatus.Failed)
        {
            Debug.LogError("Unable to determine device location");
            yield break;
        }
        else
        {
            // If the connection succeeded, this retrieves the device's current location and displays it in the Console window.
            Debug.Log("Location: " + Input.location.lastData.latitude + " " + Input.location.lastData.longitude + " " + Input.location.lastData.altitude + " " + Input.location.lastData.horizontalAccuracy + " " + Input.location.lastData.timestamp);
        }

        // Stops the location service if there is no need to query location updates continuously.
        Input.location.Stop();
    }
}