mmreda / location-tracking

This Android app tracks the user's location using the Google Location Services API and stores the location points in a Room database every 5 seconds. It shows the location points on a Google Map using a Polyline. also use the Directions API to get directions between two points selected by the user.

Location Tracking

This Android app tracks the user's location using the Google Location Services API and stores the location points in a Room database every 5 seconds. It shows the location points on a Google Map using a Polyline. It also uses the Directions API to get driving directions between two points selected by the user.

The main features are:

Get the user's current location Start a location tracking by foreground service to get location updates every 5 seconds and store them in a database. Stop the location tracking. Show the stored location points on a map using a polyline. Get driving directions between two points using the Directions API. Handle user permissions for location access. The app has a fragment with a Google Map view. It checks for location permissions and enables the map's location functionality. It allows the user to start location tracking which starts a foreground service to get location updates. It stores the locations in a Room database and shows the path on the map. The user can also get directions between points and stop location tracking.

Some of the Technologies and Techniques Used

• MVVM
• Clean Architecture
• Room
• Retrofit
• Data Binding
• Foreground Service
• Kotlin Coroutines
• Flow
• Dagger Hilt
• Permissions
• Google Maps API
• Directions API
• Google Location Services API

API KEY

You need to generate an API key from Google Cloud Consol by going to https://play.google.com/console

Then go to put MAPS_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY" in local.properties.