Exercise: Pushpin
The Pushpin app does two things. First, it provides a readout of current location data, including latitude, longitude, and address. You can use it just to figure out where you are. The second thing it does is remember a location. Wherever you are, you can touch the Pin button, and it will pin your current location (which just means that it saves it). You can view the current location or the pinned location in a map application. Figure 10.15 shows the finished app.
Figure 10.15 The completed Pushpin app in use.
This app has a lot of components, but they’re not difficult. The GPS readout has numerous parts, all of which are ...
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