A geo-fence is a virtual perimeter for a real-world geographic area. Geo-fencing is a means of notification when a location-aware device crosses this virtual perimeter.
Questions tagged [geofencing]
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Tracking time spent at a location in Android using Google apis
I need to track the time spent by the app user at a particular location. Please suggest me an optimized approach. I looked into this link.
I can use the above for getting the location, but what should my approach to achieve what I want ?
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Geofencing iBeacons and how to find user location
I am trying to make an application, that will tell me about user location, for example i need to know when user entered the office and when he exit.
I tried geofencing with regions, but in my case it is not reliable, i dont have much experience with…
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Geofencing does not notify when entering a region (iOS)
I'm trying to write an app that notifies the user whenever he enters a specific region (I have 20 regions that being updates base on the user's current location).
I added a breakpoint on -locationManager: didEnterRegion: but it's never been called…
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Worklight Geo fencing Dynamically update trigger locations
I need to create a geofence trigger , after the creation if the user Left the area i want to call 1 API after that i need to create another trigger with current(new) location info and so on
So far i tried
function getFirstPositionAndTrack() {
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Cordova Plugin to be used in Worklight, for geofencing in Background even if the app is suspended/terminated and also when the phone restarts
I have been investigating in this feature for a long time. All I can find is a pure iOS native code that checks for the key "UIApplicationLaunchOptionsLocationKey" from the LaunchOptions, if it is found it calls the LocationManager to start it and…
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How it is possible to check if given coordinates belong to the polygon? (geofencing offline)
I use Leaflet draw maps on the frontend to draw polygons.
After polygons are drawn, I have array with coordinates (latitude, longitude) of these polygons.
In the end, I need to check on the backend (in offline mode), if given point (latitude,…
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Firebase cant access database on background thread (with app closed) Can't create handler inside thread that has not called Looper.prepare()
My app need to trigger geofences in background (app closed), so i created a class with JobIntentService to trigger that geofencing, but when some geofence is triggered, the app need to read firebase database and so app crash with this logcat:
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Android mobile push notification to end user without installing the App
I am trying to build mobile marketing / campaign via Android smartphones and geofencing. Mobile Apps will be developed for certain customers.
Now i need to know if the end device has not installed our developed Mobile Apps still is it possible to…
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What are the requirements for a mobile app to do Geofencing?
This works with Beacons and BLE (BlueTooth Low Energy), which of course requires Bluetooth to be on. Why does it also require location service to be on? Can I physically turn off location, and still push notifications just using the BLE range ?
I…
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Implementing Geo Fencing on maps in Android?
I'm using geo-fences radius in my Android application. I did geo-fences in Android, I got notifications too.
My problem is if I entered a geo-fence radius as 200 meters and the current location radius on the map is 100 meters, then I am getting…
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Android geolocation platform - KitLocate
I am trying to develop an application usign geolocation and geofencing. The Google geofencing apis are there, but I found another platform KitLocate that provides an sdk for these purposes with a simple documentation. Is there anyone that tried this…
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How to reduce battery drain while using large number(50) of geofences
My requirement:
Area around the Path(Route) is having some important places(quantity is approx. 50). When user is moving on the path, and reach to the nearest place(e.g. A), I need to perform some task particular to that place(e.g. A).
Currently, I…
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Geofence API Worklight
I'm developing a Worklight Application that uses Geofence APIs. everything is working on the Worklight web emulator but I dunno how to test this feature on a mobile device.
How can I test going inside a Geofence radius? can I emulate GPS…
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Google Geo-fencing App
I am trying for google Geo-fencing it throw error runtime:
E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.bipin.geofencexample, PID: 23251
java.lang.SecurityException: Geofence usage requires…
Bipin Kumar
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Draw polygon on google map and get the selected area
i want to develop an android application, want to draw a polygon on the map and i want to check my current location is inside or out side the polygon.Like Geo-fencing.
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