Chapter 12
Location-Based Services
In This Chapter
• Accessing the device’s location context
• Work with system service listeners
• Listening to Android’s sensors
• Using Google Maps
Location awareness has become perhaps one of the more subtle paradigm shifts in consumer technology. As almost every new mobile device includes GPS, Wi-Fi location fetching, and communication tower triangulation, services from Google Latitude, FourSquare, and Facebook Places allow users to instantly check-in, showing their location and the location of their friends.
MapQuest and Google Maps provide free, turn-by-turn directions with voice navigation. With an Android device in hand, you can instantly know where you are, what direction you are moving, and where friends ...
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