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Sams Teach Yourself Android™ Application Development in 24 Hours, Second Edition
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Sams Teach Yourself Android™ Application Development in 24 Hours, Second Edition

by Lauren Darcey, Shane Conder
July 2011
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
512 pages
12h 4m
English
Sams
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Hour 14. Adding Support for Location-Based Services

What You’ll Learn in This Hour:

Designing the favorite place feature

Using location-based services

Using geocoding services

Working with maps

In this hour, you add a new feature to the Been There, Done That! settings screen—the ability for the user to set his or her favorite place in the world. The user configures this information by using the current location provided by location-based services (LBS) on the handset or by supplying a place name (for example, The Grand Canyon) that can be resolved into the corresponding GPS coordinates using the geocoding services provided in the Android SDK.

Designing the Favorite Place Feature

Mobile users are always on the go, and location-aware mobile ...

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