DetectedActivityFence

public final class DetectedActivityFence extends Object

This class is deprecated.
The Awareness API is deprecated and will be turned down in a future Google Play services release, as early as January 2027. There is no direct replacement.

Use this class to create activity-based fences.

Note: Values that indicate a changing state are momentarily FenceState.TRUE for about 5 seconds, then automatically revert to FenceState.FALSE.

Constant Summary

int	IN_VEHICLE	This constant is deprecated. The Awareness API is deprecated and will be turned down in a future Google Play services release, as early as January 2027. There is no direct replacement.
int	ON_BICYCLE	This constant is deprecated. The Awareness API is deprecated and will be turned down in a future Google Play services release, as early as January 2027. There is no direct replacement.
int	ON_FOOT	This constant is deprecated. The Awareness API is deprecated and will be turned down in a future Google Play services release, as early as January 2027. There is no direct replacement.
int	RUNNING	This constant is deprecated. The Awareness API is deprecated and will be turned down in a future Google Play services release, as early as January 2027. There is no direct replacement.
int	STILL	This constant is deprecated. The Awareness API is deprecated and will be turned down in a future Google Play services release, as early as January 2027. There is no direct replacement.
int	UNKNOWN	This constant is deprecated. The Awareness API is deprecated and will be turned down in a future Google Play services release, as early as January 2027. There is no direct replacement.
int	WALKING	This constant is deprecated. The Awareness API is deprecated and will be turned down in a future Google Play services release, as early as January 2027. There is no direct replacement.

Public Method Summary

static AwarenessFence	during(int... activityTypes) This method is deprecated. The Awareness API is deprecated and will be turned down in a future Google Play services release, as early as January 2027. There is no direct replacement.
static AwarenessFence	starting(int... activityTypes) This method is deprecated. The Awareness API is deprecated and will be turned down in a future Google Play services release, as early as January 2027. There is no direct replacement.
static AwarenessFence	stopping(int... activityTypes) This method is deprecated. The Awareness API is deprecated and will be turned down in a future Google Play services release, as early as January 2027. There is no direct replacement.

Inherited Method Summary

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone()
boolean	equals(Object arg0)
void	finalize()
final Class<?>	getClass()
int	hashCode()
final void	notify()
final void	notifyAll()
String	toString()
final void	wait(long arg0, int arg1)
final void	wait(long arg0)
final void	wait()

Constants

public static final int IN_VEHICLE

This constant is deprecated.
The Awareness API is deprecated and will be turned down in a future Google Play services release, as early as January 2027. There is no direct replacement.

The device is in a vehicle, such as a car.

Constant Value: 0

public static final int ON_BICYCLE

This constant is deprecated.
The Awareness API is deprecated and will be turned down in a future Google Play services release, as early as January 2027. There is no direct replacement.

The device is on a bicycle.

Constant Value: 1

public static final int ON_FOOT

This constant is deprecated.
The Awareness API is deprecated and will be turned down in a future Google Play services release, as early as January 2027. There is no direct replacement.

The device is on a user who is walking or running.

Constant Value: 2

public static final int RUNNING

This constant is deprecated.
The Awareness API is deprecated and will be turned down in a future Google Play services release, as early as January 2027. There is no direct replacement.

The device is on a user who is running. This is a sub-activity of ON_FOOT.

Constant Value: 8

public static final int STILL

This constant is deprecated.
The Awareness API is deprecated and will be turned down in a future Google Play services release, as early as January 2027. There is no direct replacement.

The device is still (not moving).

Constant Value: 3

public static final int UNKNOWN

This constant is deprecated.
The Awareness API is deprecated and will be turned down in a future Google Play services release, as early as January 2027. There is no direct replacement.

Unable to detect the current activity.

Constant Value: 4

public static final int WALKING

This constant is deprecated.
The Awareness API is deprecated and will be turned down in a future Google Play services release, as early as January 2027. There is no direct replacement.

The device is on a user who is walking. This is a sub-activity of ON_FOOT.

Constant Value: 7

Public Methods

public static AwarenessFence during (int... activityTypes)

This method is deprecated.
The Awareness API is deprecated and will be turned down in a future Google Play services release, as early as January 2027. There is no direct replacement.

This fence is in the FenceState.TRUE state when the user is currently engaged in one of the specified activityTypes, and FenceState.FALSE otherwise.

To call this function, a different permission is required depending on your Android API level:

For Android 10 (API level 29) and later: android.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION permission
For Android 9 (API level 28) and earlier: com.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION permission

Parameters

activityTypes	Collection of activity type constants. Valid values are the constants defined in this class.

Returns

Awareness fence.

public static AwarenessFence starting (int... activityTypes)

This method is deprecated.
The Awareness API is deprecated and will be turned down in a future Google Play services release, as early as January 2027. There is no direct replacement.

This fence is momentarily (about 5 seconds) FenceState.TRUE when the user begins to engage in one of the activityTypes and the previous activity was not one of the values in activityTypes.

To call this function, a different permission is required depending on your Android API level:

For Android 10 (API level 29) and later: android.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION permission
For Android 9 (API level 28) and earlier: com.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION permission

Parameters

activityTypes	Collection of activity type constants. Valid values are the constants defined in this class.

Returns

Awareness fence.

public static AwarenessFence stopping (int... activityTypes)

This method is deprecated.
The Awareness API is deprecated and will be turned down in a future Google Play services release, as early as January 2027. There is no direct replacement.

This fence is momentarily (about 5 seconds) FenceState.TRUE when the user stops one of the activityTypes, and transitions to an activity that is not in activityTypes.

To call this function, a different permission is required depending on your Android API level:

For Android 10 (API level 29) and later: android.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION permission
For Android 9 (API level 28) and earlier: com.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION permission

Parameters

activityTypes	Collection of activity type constants. Valid values are the constants defined in this class.

Returns

Awareness fence.

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Last updated 2026-03-12 UTC.