2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/location/java/android/location/GpsStatus.java b/location/java/android/location/GpsStatus.java
index 496885cd1f37..6a689756a1c0 100644
--- a/location/java/android/location/GpsStatus.java
+++ b/location/java/android/location/GpsStatus.java
@@ -151,6 +151,15 @@ public final class GpsStatus {
         return status;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Builds an empty GpsStatus.
+     *
+     * @hide
+     */
+    static GpsStatus createEmpty() {
+        return new GpsStatus();
+    }
+
     private GpsStatus() {
     }
 
diff --git a/location/java/android/location/LocationManager.java b/location/java/android/location/LocationManager.java
index 241e9399be0a..2a2aaea035ff 100644
--- a/location/java/android/location/LocationManager.java
+++ b/location/java/android/location/LocationManager.java
@@ -1922,12 +1922,17 @@ public class LocationManager {
 
         GnssStatus gnssStatus = mGnssStatusListenerManager.getGnssStatus();
         int ttff = mGnssStatusListenerManager.getTtff();
+
+        // even though this method is marked nullable, there are legacy applications that expect
+        // this to never return null, so avoid breaking those apps
         if (gnssStatus != null) {
             if (status == null) {
                 status = GpsStatus.create(gnssStatus, ttff);
             } else {
                 status.setStatus(gnssStatus, ttff);
             }
+        } else if (status == null) {
+            status = GpsStatus.createEmpty();
         }
         return status;
     }