GPS ANE for Android+iOS

Although there is a GPS API coming with AIR SDK, in a real app development scenario, you need a better GPS solution. You need an exact and faster Gps solution which you can really trust. That's why we decided to build this cool GPS extension. it's highly optimized for automatic provider picker to ensure your app will get user location as fast as possible even if indoor. it's also optimized for battery usage so you don't have to worry about your app's battery usage at all. try the extension right now for free and see how fast it is.

Main Features:

• start/stop GPS service periodically
• get one time location finder for better battery usage
• geocoding reverse to convert gps coordinates to real addresses
• geocoding reverse to convert gps coordinates to real addresses

find the latest asdoc for this ANE here.

AIR Usage - location

For the complete AS3 code usage, see the demo project here.

     import com.myflashlab.air.extensions.gps.*;

     /*
        Make sure you have asked for location permission using the
        permissionCheck ANE.
     */
     
     Gps.init(); // call init only once in your project
     
     // will return null if no known last location has been found
     Gps.location.getLastLocation(onLocationResult);
     
     // may take a while depending on when gps info is found
     Gps.location.getCurrentLocation(onLocationResult); 
     
     function onLocationResult($result:Location):void
     {
         if (!$result)
         {
             trace("location is null");
             return;
         }
         
         trace("accuracy = " + $result.accuracy);
         trace("altitude = " + $result.altitude);
         trace("bearing = " + $result.bearing);
         trace("latitude = " + $result.latitude);
         trace("longitude = " + $result.longitude);
         trace("provider = " + $result.provider);
         trace("speed = " + $result.speed);
         trace("time = " + $result.time);
         trace("---------------------------------");
     }
     
     // use the start method to get gps information periodically (the gps icon will be shown at your device status bar)
     Gps.location.addEventListener(GpsEvent.LOCATION_UPDATE, onLocationUpdate);
     Gps.location.start(LocationAccuracy.HIGH, 0, 5000);
     
     // simply stop the gps service when you don't need to get location information periodically anymore.
     Gps.location.removeEventListener(GpsEvent.LOCATION_UPDATE, onLocationUpdate);
     Gps.location.stop();
     
     function onLocationUpdate(e:GpsEvent):void
     {
         trace(" ------------------------------- onLocationUpdate");
         var loc:Location = e.param;
         trace("accuracy = " + loc.accuracy);
         trace("altitude = " + loc.altitude);
         trace("bearing = " + loc.bearing);
         trace("latitude = " + loc.latitude);
         trace("longitude = " + loc.longitude);
         trace("provider = " + loc.provider);
         trace("speed = " + loc.speed);
         trace("time = " + loc.time);
         trace("---------------------------------");
     }

AIR Usage - Geocoding

     Gps.geocoding.reverse(-33.7969235, 150.9224326, onResultGeocodingReverse);
     
     function onResultGeocodingReverse($address:Array):void
     {
         // there might be more than one address found for this location
         trace("$address.length = " + $address.length);
         trace("$address = " + JSON.stringify($address));
         trace("-----------------------------");
     }
     
     Gps.geocoding.direct("Sydney", onResultGeocodingDirect);
     
     function onResultGeocodingDirect($location:Array):void
     {
         // there might be more than one location found for this address
         trace("$location.length = " + $location.length);
         trace("$location = " + JSON.stringify($location));
         trace("-----------------------------");
     }

AIR .xml manifest

<!--
FOR ANDROID:
-->
<manifest android:installLocation="auto">
		
		<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
		<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
		<uses-sdk android:targetSdkVersion="28"/>
		
		<!-- required for GPS -->
		<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
		<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
		<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
		<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES" />
		<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION" />
		
		<application android:hardwareAccelerated="true" android:allowBackup="true">
			
			<activity android:hardwareAccelerated="true">
				<intent-filter>
					<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
					<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
				</intent-filter>
				<intent-filter>
					<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
					<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
					<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
				</intent-filter>
			</activity>
			
			<!-- required for GPS -->
			<service android:name="io.nlopez.smartlocation.geocoding.providers.AndroidGeocodingProvider$AndroidGeocodingService" android:exported="false" />
			<service android:name="io.nlopez.smartlocation.activity.providers.ActivityGooglePlayServicesProvider$ActivityRecognitionService" android:exported="false" />
			<service android:name="io.nlopez.smartlocation.geofencing.providers.GeofencingGooglePlayServicesProvider$GeofencingService" android:exported="false" />
			<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version" android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />
			
		</application>
		
</manifest>




<!--
FOR iOS:
-->
<InfoAdditions>
		<key>MinimumOSVersion</key>
		<string>10.0</string>
		
		<key>UIStatusBarStyle</key>
		<string>UIStatusBarStyleBlackOpaque</string>
		
		<key>UIRequiresPersistentWiFi</key>
		<string>NO</string>
		
		<key>UIPrerenderedIcon</key>
		<true />
		
		<!--required for GPS-->
		<key>NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
		<string>I need location reason</string>
		
		<key>NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription</key>
		<string>I need location reason</string>
		
		<key>NSLocationAlwaysAndWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
		<string>I need location reason</string>
		
		<key>UIDeviceFamily</key>
		<array>
			<!-- iPhone support -->
			<string>1</string>
			<!-- iPad support -->
			<string>2</string>
		</array>
</InfoAdditions>
	
	
	
	
<!--
Embedding the ANE:
-->
    <extensions>

        <extensionID>com.myflashlab.air.extensions.gps</extensionID>

        <!-- Required for gps ANE to work -->
        <extensionID>com.myflashlab.air.extensions.permissionCheck</extensionID>
	
	    <!-- Dependency ANEs https://github.com/myflashlab/common-dependencies-ANE -->
        <extensionID>com.myflashlab.air.extensions.dependency.androidx.core</extensionID>
        <extensionID>com.myflashlab.air.extensions.dependency.androidx.lifecycle</extensionID>
        <extensionID>com.myflashlab.air.extensions.dependency.overrideAir</extensionID>
        <extensionID>com.myflashlab.air.extensions.dependency.googlePlayServices.base</extensionID>
        <extensionID>com.myflashlab.air.extensions.dependency.googlePlayServices.basement</extensionID>
        <extensionID>com.myflashlab.air.extensions.dependency.googlePlayServices.location</extensionID>

    </extensions>
-->

Requirements

• Android API 19+
• iOS SDK 10.0+
• AIR SDK 33+

Permissions

Below are the list of Permissions this ANE might require. Check out the demo project available at this repository to see how we have used the PermissionCheck ANE to ask for the permissions.

Necessary	Optional
SOURCE_LOCATION for Android	SOURCE_LOCATION_ALWAYS for iOS
SOURCE_LOCATION_WHEN_IN_USE for iOS	-

Commercial Version

https://www.myflashlabs.com/product/gps-ane-adobe-air-native-extension/

Tutorials

How to embed ANEs into FlashBuilder, FlashCC and FlashDevelop

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