When is advised PendingIntent vs. LocationListener on requestLocationUpdates?

Question

you can subscribe to requestLocationUpdates via two ways

• one by specifing a PendingIntent
• the other is by using a LocationListener

When is advised the one and when the other?

Answer 1

If the component needing location updates only needs updates when the component is around -- say, an activity -- I'd use the LocationListener approach.

If the component needing location updates specifically will not be around -- say, an IntentService -- I'd use the PendingIntent. You can't use the LocationListener in this case, since there is nothing in memory to be listening for locations.