title: Android: Is the Google secret API for location still valid
body: <p>Is this link still valid:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.devx.com/wireless/Article/40524/1954" rel="nofollow">http://www.devx.com/wireless/Article/40524/1954</a>.
  Looks like there is a secret API for location. It does not seem to work now. I think this is  very old version because it does not say anything about the Google MAPS api key etc.
  Can some one please confirm is this is still valid ?
  Is it replaced with locationmanger.networkprovider code.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance for help on this.</p>