android10

1. Get current location using GPS

In this tutorial you're gonna learn how to get your current location using the GPS in your android phone. To get the current location you should follow two important steps: Create a new android project called UseGps, ander the folder...

Thursday, 22 July 2010 | 7831 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

2. Launching Maps In-App

Introduction This article will show you how to programmatically launch in to the Google Maps application. You will learn to load Maps with a precise position, a location name, and with a search query. As a bonus tip, you’ll see how to load a...

Tuesday, 17 August 2010 | 2826 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

3. Obtaining User Location

Introduction Knowing where the user is allows your application to be smarter and deliver better information to the user. When developing a location-aware application for Android, you can utilize GPS and Android's Network Location Provider to...

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4. Android Location Providers - gps, network, passive

Introduction There are 3 network providers in Android (ranging from 1.5 to 2.2). They are: gps –> (GPS, AGPS): Name of the GPS location provider. This provider determines location using satellites. Depending on conditions, this provider...

Thursday, 28 October 2010 | 24066 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

5. How to use Google Maps in Android

Introduction Google Maps is one of the many applications bundled with the Android platform. In addition to simply using the Maps application, you can also embed it into your own applications and make it do some very cool things. In this article, I...

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6. How LocationListener works in Android

Introduction Everybody who has done some Android development involving GPS location tracking is probably familiar with the LocationManager and LocationListener concepts. The LocationManager provides access to the system location services The...

Wednesday, 30 March 2011 | 5756 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

7. Setting location on android emulator

Introduction SDK Version: M3 You have two options if you would like to set the location on the emulator. For both options, you start with starting the emulator first.   Setting Location Option 1: Using DDMS - go to your android/tools...

Monday, 12 July 2010 | 2517 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

8. Get the ip address of your device

Introduction In this article we are going to discover how to get the ip of our android devices, because the obvious way to get the IP-Address of your device simply doesn’t work on Android. Getting the Ip The first thing I tried was using...

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9. Create a scrollable Map with Cells – Part I

Introduction This how to will show you how you can create a simple 2D Map with Cells to place stuff on it. Just like the old school SimCity. Creating the map The first thing you need is an Activity with a SurfaceView and a Thread to trigger...

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10. Create a scrollable Map with Cells – Part II

Introduction The second part of this series will show you how you can scroll smoothly over the simple 2D Map which was created in the first part. Note: I changed my coding style to fit the Java/Android coding style. Please be aware that variables...

Monday, 09 August 2010 | 1958 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more