Hi
On 2012.09.05 13:52, Canning wrote:
I am wanting to know a couple of pieces of info before I dive in to do some
Android programming.
I am wanting to make an app that will get the GPS locations of other users
of an Android phone. Is this easy to do?
Depends on definition of easy.
How are You going to force "other users of an Android phone" to reveal
their locations?
Users of Your app - yes, after they agree that their location will be
used, but others - No!
1. Send location with some form of identity (depends what You are
doing) to
*preferably* Your server app (REST, SOAP webservices).
2. make Your app
1. poll Web API (whoz-where.asmx) or
2. accept push - notification services
Also, is it easy to make an equivilent of a Tom Tom GPS application to guide
you to places via a map?
And last question... Can I obtain my current location as a GPS coordinate
and find the location of any shops, banks, service stations etc close to me
via a map?
* obtaining GPS coords
Yes - for all 3 platforms using Xamarin Mobile API.
* for map see Xamarin's samples for GoogleMaps
* for locations
o You can make Your own Serever side (web) App
quick: Lat,Long,Type,Name
o or combine it with Google Maps and/or google places API
(experimental)
For Proof-of-Concept Your app is not too complex, but it will become as
progress is made and
new use-cases show up... So the answer would be it is not too difficult
and yet not to easy either.
hope this helps a bit
mel
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