To add a Location Sensor to your app:
Go to the Blocks tab of your project
Find the Sensors drawer of blocks and click on the ⊕ symbol to add a Sensor to your app
Select Location Sensor from the menu that pops up
You will see a settings panel where you can set properties of the Location Sensor before clicking Submit.
The Location Sensor returns a user's current location in latitude
and longitude
as well as a location
object which includes additional properties like accuracy
, altitude
, speed
and heading
(or direction) which you have to retrieve with the object blocks above
Property | Description | Data Type |
---|---|---|
EnableHighAccuracy
Enables network provider that uses Google Play services to improve location accuracy and location-based services
True/False
Timeout
How long the Lotion Sensor will look for the user's location before quitting, in milliseconds
Number
Maximum Age
How long a previously fetched location will remain valid, in milliseconds
Number
Event / Property
Description
Get Current Location
Returns a user's location in latitude
and longitude
degrees; also includes additional information in a location object including i) estimated location accuracy
in meters, ii) altitude
in meters, iii) speed
in meters/second and iv) heading
in degrees