Glad you got it working. I was just thinking earlier that that might be the problem but I got side tracked. Well it's working now....
Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: use-livecode [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alex Shaw Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 8:45 PM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: gps tracker Silly me. Finally read the tutorial on the livecode site.. http://lessons.runrev.com/m/4069/l/30379-how-do-i-get-the-location-and-use-t he-digital-compass One needs to start the tracking sensor (mobileStartTrackingSensor) before readings are available. Makes sense and now working. regards alex On 28/05/2015 12:15 am, Ralph DiMola wrote: > I use this every day and it works. On iOS I enable "Location Services" > in the standalone settings. I DON'T enable GPS. This is because there > is an outstanding bug where if the device does not have a GPS (like an > iPad 2) mobileSensorReading does not work with "GPS" ticked. On > Android I enable both "Course" and "Fine" location. > > Ralph DiMola > IT Director > Evergreen Information Services > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: use-livecode [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Alex Shaw > Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 8:37 AM > To: How to use LiveCode > Subject: Re: gps tracker > > Hmm. I've just tried the following function by Ralph DiMola and no luck. > > function GetGpsCords > > local tGPS > > if not mobileSensorAvailable("location") then return empty > put mobileSensorReading("location", true) into tGPS > if tGPS["latitude"] is not empty and tGPS["longitude"] <> 0 then > wait .25 seconds > put mobileSensorReading("location", true) into tGPS > end if > if tGPS["latitude"] is not empty and tGPS["longitude"] <> 0 then > return tGPS > else > answer "GPS is not enabled or your GPS can't determine your > location." & cr & "If your GPS was just enabled, please try again in a > few minutes." with "OK" titled "Proximity Search" > return empty > end if > > end GetGpsCords > > On iOS for the LC standalone settings I have ticked Location Services, > GPS & WiFi in the Requirements and Restrictions section and > mobileLocationAuthorizationStatus() returns 'notDetermined' on the > test iPhone 5. The test app doesn't appear under the listed apps in > Settings > -> Privacy -> Location Services, so how this work? > > On the Android test device, Location is enabled under settings and I > have Fine and Coarse Location enabled in the LC standalone settings. > > Using LC 7.0.5 with a iPhone 5 and Nexus 7. All up to date. > > regards > alex > > On 27/05/2015 10:05 pm, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel wrote: >> My first stumbling block with it was that I didn't realize the data >> was returned in an array. Once I saw that I was able to easily parse >> the data and begin using it. >> >> SKIP >> >> On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 7:50 AM, Alex Shaw <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> I recently tested mobileCurrentLocation() for both Android & iOS on >>> LC >>> 7.0.5 and can't seem to get it working. >>> >>> Is there a good guide somewhere? >>> >>> The dictionary is definitely lacking in this area. >>> >>> regards >>> alex >>> >>> On 21/05/2015 10:36 am, Richard Gaskin wrote: >>> >>>> Roger Eller wrote: >>>> >>>>> That's what I find most frustrating about reading this list. We >>>>> have an x-plat dev environment, so I keep hoping to see mergExt >>>>> eventually go x-plat too. After all, there's a lot of android >>>>> devices out there these days. >>>> Last time I used it mobileCurrentLocation is working on Android. >>>> >>>> Does it not work in iOS? >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
