Android onLocationChanged location.getTime() returns wrong time
<p>I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab A. I have implemented <code>android.location.LocationListener</code> and <code>onLocationChanged(Location location)</code> gets called and it gives me kinda right longitude and latitude but,</p>
<p>The problem is:
<code>location.getTime()</code> gives me wrong time, it returns a time near 300000 mil or so. It should be something like <code>1471243684497</code>.</p>
<p>I don't know what to do.</p>
<p>GPSTracker class:</p>
<pre><code>import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;

import android.app.Service;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.location.Address;
import android.location.Geocoder;
import android.location.Location;
import android.location.LocationListener;
import android.location.LocationManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.IBinder;
import android.util.Log;

public class GPSTracker extends Service implements LocationListener
{
    //flag for GPS Status
    boolean isGPSEnabled = false;
    
    //flag for network status
    //boolean isNetworkEnabled = false;
    
    boolean canGetLocation = false;
    
    Location location;
    double latitude;
    double longitude;
    
    //The minimum distance to change updates in metters
    private static final long MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES = 10; //10 metters
    
    //The minimum time beetwen updates in milliseconds
    private static final long MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES = 1000 * 10; // 1 minute
    
    //Declaring a Location Manager
    protected LocationManager locationManager;
    
    /*public GPSTracker(Context context) 
    {
        this.mContext = context;
        getLocation();
    }*/
    
    public Location getLocation(Context ctx)
    {
        try
        {
            locationManager = (LocationManager) ctx.getSystemService(LOCATION_SERVICE);
    
            //getting GPS status
            isGPSEnabled = locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
    
            //getting network status
            //isNetworkEnabled = locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
    
            if (!isGPSEnabled /*&amp;&amp; !isNetworkEnabled*/)
            {
                // no network provider is enabled
            }
            else
            {
                this.canGetLocation = true;
    
                //First get location from Network Provider
               /* if (isNetworkEnabled)
                {
                    locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(
                            LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER,
                            MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES,
                            MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES, this);
    
                    Log.d(&quot;Network&quot;, &quot;Network&quot;);
    
                    if (locationManager != null)
                    {
                        location = 
                                locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
                        updateGPSCoordinates();
                    }
                }*/
    
                //if GPS Enabled get lat/long using GPS Services
                if (isGPSEnabled)
                {
                    if (location == null)
                    {
                        locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(
                                LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER,
                                MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES,
                                MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES, this);
    
                        Log.d(&quot;GPS Enabled&quot;, &quot;GPS Enabled&quot;);
    
                        if (locationManager != null)
                        {
                            location = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
                            updateGPSCoordinates();
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            //e.printStackTrace();
            Log.e(&quot;Error : Location&quot;, &quot;Impossible to connect to LocationManager&quot;, e);
        }
    
        return location;
    }
    
    public void updateGPSCoordinates()
    {
        if (location != null)
        {
            latitude = location.getLatitude();
            longitude = location.getLongitude();
        }
    }
    
    /**
     * Stop using GPS listener
     * Calling this function will stop using GPS in your app
     */
    
    public void stopUsingGPS()
    {
        if (locationManager != null)
        {
            locationManager.removeUpdates(GPSTracker.this);
        }
    }
    
    /**
     * Function to get latitude
     */
    public double getLatitude()
    {
        if (location != null)
        {
            latitude = location.getLatitude();
        }
    
        return latitude;
    }
    
    /**
     * Function to get longitude
     */
    public double getLongitude()
    {
        if (location != null)
        {
            longitude = location.getLongitude();
        }
    
        return longitude;
    }
    
    /**
     * Function to check GPS/wifi enabled
     */
    public boolean canGetLocation()
    {
        if(!locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER)/*&amp;&amp;
                !locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER)*/){
            this.canGetLocation = false;
        } else {
            this.canGetLocation = true;
        }
        return this.canGetLocation;
    }
    
    /**
     * Get list of address by latitude and longitude
     * @return null or List&lt;Address&gt;
     */
    public List&lt;Address&gt; getGeocoderAddress(Context context)
    {
        if (location != null)
        {
            Geocoder geocoder = new Geocoder(context, Locale.ENGLISH);
            try 
            {
                List&lt;Address&gt; addresses = geocoder.getFromLocation(latitude, longitude, 1);
                return addresses;
            } 
            catch (IOException e) 
            {
                //e.printStackTrace();
                Log.e(&quot;Error : Geocoder&quot;, &quot;Impossible to connect to Geocoder&quot;, e);
            }
        }
    
        return null;
    }
    
    /**
     * Try to get AddressLine
     * @return null or addressLine
     */
    public String getAddressLine(Context context)
    {
        List&lt;Address&gt; addresses = getGeocoderAddress(context);
        if (addresses != null &amp;&amp; addresses.size() &gt; 0)
        {
            Address address = addresses.get(0);
            String addressLine = address.getAddressLine(0);
    
            return addressLine;
        }
        else
        {
            return null;
        }
    }
    
    /**
     * Try to get Locality
     * @return null or locality
     */
    public String getLocality(Context context)
    {
        List&lt;Address&gt; addresses = getGeocoderAddress(context);
        if (addresses != null &amp;&amp; addresses.size() &gt; 0)
        {
            Address address = addresses.get(0);
            String locality = address.getLocality();
    
            return locality;
        }
        else
        {
            return null;
        }
    }
    
    /**
     * Try to get Postal Code
     * @return null or postalCode
     */
    public String getPostalCode(Context context)
    {
        List&lt;Address&gt; addresses = getGeocoderAddress(context);
        if (addresses != null &amp;&amp; addresses.size() &gt; 0)
        {
            Address address = addresses.get(0);
            String postalCode = address.getPostalCode();
    
            return postalCode;
        }
        else
        {
            return null;
        }
    }
    
    /**
     * Try to get CountryName
     * @return null or postalCode
     */
    public String getCountryName(Context context)
    {
        List&lt;Address&gt; addresses = getGeocoderAddress(context);
        if (addresses != null &amp;&amp; addresses.size() &gt; 0)
        {
            Address address = addresses.get(0);
            String countryName = address.getCountryName();
    
            return countryName;
        }
        else
        {
            return null;
        }
    }
    
    @Override
    public void onLocationChanged(Location location) 
    {   
    }
    
    @Override
    public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) 
    {   
    }
    
    @Override
    public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) 
    {   
    }
    

    @Override
    public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {
        
    }

    @Override
    public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0) {
        return null;
    }
}
</code></pre>
<p>And my own class which extends GPSTracker class:</p>
<pre><code>public class NewMainService extends GPSTracker {
    

    @Override
    public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
        long time = location.getTime();
        Log.i(&quot;TAG&quot;, &quot;onLocationChanged time: &quot;+time); //prints wrong timestamp
        super.onLocationChanged(location);
    }
}
</code></pre>
<p><strong>EDIT</strong>:</p>
<p>everything works fine on other devices.</p>
<p>I googled it and it's a bug in some devices. location listeners stop receiving changes after some time.</p>
<p>the time it gives me is like device's uptime, it's some hours, it's not a date.</p>
<p><strong>EDIT 2</strong>:
Now I'm using <code>com.google.android.gms.location.FusedLocationProviderClient</code> instead and <code>android.location.LocationManager</code> doesn't even give me any location updates anymore on Android 10+</p>