dalalsunil1986 / react-native-geolocation

Access Geolocation API to display coordinates, speed and altitude

react-native-geolocation

Access Geolocation API to display coordinates, speed and altitude

• This is a simple app that displays Information availble using the Geolocation API:
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Geolocation
• The API is available through navigator.geolocation and you don't need to import it.
• The Code is based on the example available here:
• https://facebook.github.io/react-native/releases/0.24/docs/geolocation.html

Things to verify after cloning the repo

• in the IOS folder, make sure that info.plist contains the key NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription
• in the Android folder make sure that AndroidManifest.xml contains <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />

Clone the Repo

• run npm install to grab the dependencies
• Make sure to edit the package.json if there is a particular library or version you want to work with
• run react-native run-ios or react-native run-android

Fixes to happen and issues

• The Speed and Heading on IOS are not accessible and might need tweaking: facebook/react-native#12967
• The Accuracy on IOS doesn't go below 65
• Battery drain

Contact

Hit me up here on github

License

MIT