Fused Location Api setSmallestDisplacement ignored/not working

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I am trying to create a service that will receive location updates every x sec and after y distance. I receive updates after x sec but never after y distance. I have tested it multiple times with different values and it seems that setSmallestDisplacement is not working at all. There have been various posts about that matter but without any solution. I would appreciate it if someone could help me or even point me to a different direction.

My Service

public class GPS_Service extends Service implements GoogleApiClient.ConnectionCallbacks,
    GoogleApiClient.OnConnectionFailedListener, LocationListener {

private GoogleApiClient mGoogleApiClient;
private LocationRequest mLocationRequest;
private int timethresh;
private int distancethresh;
protected Location mCurrentLocation;

@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
    return null;
}

@Override
public void onCreate() {
    super.onCreate();

    mGoogleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this)
            .addApi(LocationServices.API)
            .addConnectionCallbacks(this)
            .addOnConnectionFailedListener(this)
            .build();
    mGoogleApiClient.connect();

}

@Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {

    mLocationRequest = new LocationRequest();
    mLocationRequest.setPriority(LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY);
    //Set the desired interval for active location updates, in milliseconds.
    mLocationRequest.setInterval(60* 1000);
    //Explicitly set the fastest interval for location updates, in milliseconds.
    mLocationRequest.setFastestInterval(30* 1000);
    //Set the minimum displacement between location updates in meters
    mLocationRequest.setSmallestDisplacement(1); // float


    return super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId);

}

@Override
public void onConnected(Bundle bundle) {
    if (mCurrentLocation == null) {
        mCurrentLocation = LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.getLastLocation(mGoogleApiClient);

    }
     //Requests location updates from the FusedLocationApi.      
    startLocationUpdates();

}

@Override
public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
    mCurrentLocation = location;
    //Toast.makeText(this, ""+mCurrentLocation.getLatitude()+","+mCurrentLocation.getLongitude(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    System.out.println(""+mCurrentLocation.getLatitude()+","+mCurrentLocation.getLongitude());


}

@Override
public void onConnectionSuspended(int i) {
    // The connection to Google Play services was lost for some reason. We call connect() to
    // attempt to re-establish the connection.
    mGoogleApiClient.connect();
}


@Override
public void onConnectionFailed(ConnectionResult connectionResult) {
    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Location services connection failed with code " + connectionResult.getErrorCode(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

}

protected void startLocationUpdates() {
    LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.requestLocationUpdates(
            mGoogleApiClient, mLocationRequest, this);

}

}

2 Answers

Try something like this:

protected void createLocationRequest() {
    mLocationRequest = new LocationRequest();

    mLocationRequest.setInterval(UPDATE_INTERVAL_IN_MILLISECONDS);

    mLocationRequest.setFastestInterval(FASTEST_UPDATE_INTERVAL_IN_MILLISECONDS);

    mLocationRequest.setPriority(LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY);

    mLocationRequest.setSmallestDisplacement(100); //100 meters
}
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