Wow, that's great! I missed those docs.
Thank you. On Oct 18, 10:45 am, Filip Havlicek <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Hatch, > > you can always try > thishttp://developer.android.com/reference/android/location/LocationManag..., > double, float, long, android.app.PendingIntent) although I'm not sure about > battery consumption compared to your proposed method. > > Best regards, > Filip Havlicek > > 2010/10/18 Hatch <[email protected]> > > > > > Hi all. > > > I would like to 'be notified' when the user enters a given range of > > certain Geo point(s). > > > For instance, one point could be School. When User is within 500m of > > the School he would get a notification (for example.) > > > Is this the way to go: > > > 1) Turn on LocationListener in a background service and ask for > > location update every 5 minutes (is that a lot?) > > on location update: > > 2) check whether new location is better than the last one > > 3) calculate distance of current location and School location. > > 4) if within range: do something. > > > Am I transgressing something with such design ? > > > The Idea is to have a kind of a 'proximity sensor' to certain > > predefined points. > > > Thank you. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > [email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
