Chapter 9. Making POIApp Location Aware
One of the most interesting aspects of mobile development is interacting with device capabilities such as motion sensors, cameras, and location sensors. Such features are contextual for most applications and carry a great deal of value to the users. In this chapter, we will walk you through adding location awareness to POIApp. We will cover the following topics:
- Setting application permissions
- Obtaining the current longitude and latitude
- Obtaining the address for a longitude and latitude
- Calculating the distance between two geo points
- Displaying a POI within the map app
Working with location services
Integrating the location service in the Android platform is more complicated than it looks.
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