GeofencingEvent

  • GeofencingEvent represents events from the GeofencingClient API, including geofence transitions and monitoring errors.

  • You can create a GeofencingEvent object from an intent using the static fromIntent method.

  • The class provides methods to retrieve error codes, transition types, triggering geofences, triggering location, and to check if an error occurred.
public class GeofencingEvent extends Object

Represents an event from the GeofencingClient API. The event can be

  • A geofence triggering event generated when a geofence transition happens.
  • An error happens after geofences are registered and being monitored.

Public Method Summary

static GeofencingEvent
fromIntent(Intent intent)
Creates a GeofencingEvent object from the given intent.
int
getErrorCode()
Returns the error code that explains the error that triggered the intent specified in fromIntent(Intent).
int
getGeofenceTransition()
Returns the transition type of the geofence transition alert.
List<Geofence>
getTriggeringGeofences()
Returns a list of geofences that triggered this geofence transition alert.
Location
getTriggeringLocation()
Gets the location that triggered the geofence transition.
boolean
hasError()
Whether an error triggered this intent.

Inherited Method Summary

Public Methods

public static GeofencingEvent fromIntent (Intent intent)

Creates a GeofencingEvent object from the given intent.

Parameters
intent the intent to extract the geofencing event data from
Returns
  • a GeofencingEvent object or null if the given intent is null or doesn't contain geofencing event.

public int getErrorCode ()

Returns the error code that explains the error that triggered the intent specified in fromIntent(Intent).

Returns

public int getGeofenceTransition ()

Returns the transition type of the geofence transition alert.

Returns
  • -1 if the intent specified in fromIntent(Intent) is not generated for a transition alert; Otherwise returns the GEOFENCE_TRANSITION_ flags value defined in Geofence.

public List<Geofence> getTriggeringGeofences ()

Returns a list of geofences that triggered this geofence transition alert.

Returns
  • a list of geofences that triggered this geofence transition alert or null if the intent specified in fromIntent(Intent) is not generated for a geofence transition alert

public Location getTriggeringLocation ()

Gets the location that triggered the geofence transition.

Returns
  • the location that triggered this geofence alert or null if it's not included in the intent specified in fromIntent(Intent)

public boolean hasError ()

Whether an error triggered this intent.

Returns