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Getting user location using wikitude SDK for Android

I'm currently using wikitude sdk 4.0 for android and trying out the the sample of Multiple POIs in my app. https://github.com/Wikitude/wikitude-sdk-samples/tree/master/3_PointOfInterest_3_MultiplePois

I got it instantiated but stuck with user location.

I don't understand how the user's location is pulled by this Javascript https://github.com/Wikitude/wikitude-sdk-samples/blob/master/3_PointOfInterest_3_MultiplePois/js/multiplepois.js

Solution

  • The "AR.context.onLocationChanged = World.locationChanged;" in JS does the magic.

    After this line is executed the 'World.locationChanged' (or any other given) function is fired on every Android/iOS native call of the architectView's setLocation is executed.

    Check out the LocationProvider-implementation in the Sample Application for a very basic approach. For state-of-the-art location fetching I recommend you to have a look at Google's Location Strategies.

    Kind regards.