i am new to locations, i want to ask that how can i get user current or last known location using GPS. i am using GoogleAPIClient. I am using google Map in my application in which i want to get User location in MapActivity and show it on map.
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I'm creating an app in android studio IDE that uses Google Maps API and has multiple users. I already inserted the geo point of each user in the firebase fire store. the problem is when I mark their location using the geo point inserted in the Firestore it only marks their location and went the user change location the marker in the google map does not change. The behavior I want is like the Uber app when the car is moving the marker is also moving in the google maps. Can anyone help me?
If you have stored the initial location in Firestore, when the user moves, you need to update the location with the new coordinates. So to be able to see the movement on Google Maps, then you should listen for real-time updates.
Besides that, don't forget to remove the old marker from the map, once the user changes the location, and add a new marker when is available.
Even more important, try not to update/read the location too quickly, because the Firestore billing mechanism is about the number of reads and writes. So in order to have a smooth movement, I consider updating the location every three seconds might be sufficient. However, if you need to be more accurate, then you can do it more often.
I am building a location longing app, right now i'm using fusedlocationproviderclient which is recommended in the google docs.
so when i press my location log button it requests for location updates and in the location listener when i get the location results i remove location updates i did this to save battery (because fusedlocationproviderclient does not have any method to request only a single location update).
The problem is
-(1) that when i press the button my loction gets logged but it takes time sometimes >30s but google maps does not take so much time why??
-(2) i read some on some blog that google maps uses network provider or wifi or bluetooth to get first a rough location, but should't fusedlocationproviderclient also use all of the method.
-(3) So the bottom question is does google maps use fusedlocationproviderclient or not and if yes how does it implement it to get such fast results
How to show on google map when some one using my app & getting his/her current location, And i want show both location vice versa like Ola app example, user see different driver on his google map. Is i want to used Socket Connection?
On location changed, you can update user location on server and you have to fetch the location from server in continuous loop.
I am creating an application in Android like OLA cab. I want to show the cab's location on Google Maps, for this I need to read data from the cab's GPS device. I know how to get current location of my device, but my problem is how to get the location of the other GPS device?
Each cab must update its current location to server periodically. When the user opens the apps the cabs locations must be retrieved from server and update it in google map.
For your requirement you have to make real time location update on both server and client side.
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