Re: [android-developers] Is it possible to track mileage with the GPS on the phone?

2014-07-02 Thread Kevin Duffey
Two ideas. One buy a pressy for your android and I think you can write code that uses it. If so use it to start or stop the mileage app. Second get and nfc tag if your phone supports it and use that to start stop the app so when u get in car u just put phone near it and it will do its magic. On

Re: [android-developers] Is it possible to track mileage with the GPS on the phone?

2014-06-30 Thread Daniel Chacon
Im just looking to track the miles, no matter who drives the vehicle or where they go, just as long as I track miles of the vehicle, not me walking around with the phone on me. I know its not a accurate thing and im not looking to be that precise, I just want to track as close as possible so the

Re: [android-developers] Is it possible to track mileage with the GPS on the phone?

2014-06-26 Thread Mark Phillips
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Steve Gabrilowitz steveg1...@gmail.com wrote: I just did a play store search for the heck of it and there is an app that claims to do just that, and has good reviews so it apparently is possible. The app is free but implements in-app purchasing and one of the

[android-developers] Is it possible to track mileage with the GPS on the phone?

2014-06-25 Thread Dan Cha
I'm looking to better track my own personal mileage on my truck.. so was looking into the GPS module and seems it may be possible, but wanted to ask before spending to much time building something that will never work. since this is going to be for my personal usage, it is going to be a simple

Re: [android-developers] Is it possible to track mileage with the GPS on the phone?

2014-06-25 Thread Steve Gabrilowitz
I just did a play store search for the heck of it and there is an app that claims to do just that, and has good reviews so it apparently is possible. The app is free but implements in-app purchasing and one of the reviewers mentioned something about a $10 option but it might be a better solution

Re: [android-developers] Is it possible to track mileage with the GPS on the phone?

2014-06-25 Thread Daniel Chacon
From what im finding the GPS demos im finding use the *android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION which seems to be what I would use.. * *From the ones I found when searching in the store, most did what I want and some didn't(most were manually logging data)..what im looking for is to create a simple