Android GEO Location Tutorial

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user903601 picture user903601 · Dec 17, 2011 · Viewed 55.6k times · Source

Does anyone know a good GEO Location tutorial for Android. I don’t want to have to get a Google maps API key I just want an Activity that gets the location of a phone and sticks it in a variable that I can then decide what to do with it later.

Cheers,

Mike.

Answer

user370305 picture user370305 · Dec 17, 2011

Only for location then Just go through Using GPS to get current location – Android tutorial

Find Current Location in Android - GPS Sample

Android Location Based Services Application – GPS location

Obtaining User Location

Location Manager Examples

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