gps tracker

[Ralph DiMola]

I use this every day and it works. On iOS I enable "Location Services" in
the standalone settings. I DON'T enable GPS. This is because there is an
outstanding bug where if the device does not have a GPS (like an iPad 2)
mobileSensorReading does not work with "GPS" ticked. On Android I enable
both "Course" and "Fine" location.

Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdimola at evergreeninfo.net

-----Original Message-----
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf
Of Alex Shaw
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 8:37 AM
To: How to use LiveCode
Subject: Re: gps tracker

Hmm. I've just tried the following function by Ralph DiMola and no luck.

function GetGpsCords

    local tGPS

    if not mobileSensorAvailable("location") then return empty
    put mobileSensorReading("location", true) into tGPS
    if tGPS["latitude"] is not empty and tGPS["longitude"] <> 0 then
       wait .25 seconds
       put mobileSensorReading("location", true) into tGPS
    end if
    if tGPS["latitude"] is not empty and tGPS["longitude"] <> 0 then
       return tGPS
    else
       answer "GPS is not enabled or your GPS can't determine your
location." & cr & "If your GPS was just enabled, please try again in a few
minutes." with "OK" titled "Proximity Search"
       return empty
    end if

end GetGpsCords

On iOS for the LC standalone settings I have ticked Location Services, GPS &
WiFi in the Requirements and Restrictions section and
mobileLocationAuthorizationStatus() returns 'notDetermined' on the test
iPhone 5. The test app doesn't appear under the listed apps in Settings 
-> Privacy -> Location Services, so how this work?

On the Android test device, Location is enabled under settings and I have
Fine and Coarse Location enabled in the LC standalone settings.

Using LC 7.0.5 with a iPhone 5 and Nexus 7. All up to date.

regards
alex

On 27/05/2015 10:05 pm, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel wrote:
> My first stumbling block with it was that I didn't realize the data 
> was returned in an array.  Once I saw that I was able to easily parse 
> the data and begin using it.
>
> SKIP
>
> On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 7:50 AM, Alex Shaw <alex at harryscollar.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I recently tested mobileCurrentLocation() for both Android & iOS on 
>> LC
>> 7.0.5 and can't seem to get it working.
>>
>> Is there a good guide somewhere?
>>
>> The dictionary is definitely lacking in this area.
>>
>> regards
>> alex
>>
>> On 21/05/2015 10:36 am, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>>
>>> Roger Eller wrote:
>>>
>>>> That's what I find most frustrating about reading this list. We 
>>>> have an x-plat dev environment, so I keep hoping to see mergExt 
>>>> eventually go x-plat too.  After all, there's a lot of android 
>>>> devices out there these days.
>>> Last time I used it mobileCurrentLocation is working on Android.
>>>
>>> Does it not work in iOS?
>>>
>>>
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