Package com.codename1.location

Abstraction of location services (GPS/Geofencing etc.) providing user global positioning and monitoring over such changes both in the foreground and background.

See: Description

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
GeofenceListener	Listener interface for the Geofence background tracking functionality.
LocationListener	This is a Listener to the Locations events see LocationManager.setLocationListener

Class Summary

Class	Description
Geofence	Metadata for geofencing support that allows tracking user location in the background while the app is inactive. The sample below tracks location and posts a notification or shows a dialog based on the state of the app:
GeofenceManager	A utility class to simplify Geofencing in Codename One.
GeofenceManager.Listener	Deprecated For internal use only.
Location	Represents a position and possible velocity returned from positioning API's.
LocationManager	The LocationManager is the main entry to retrieveLocation or to bind a LocationListener, important: in order to use location on iOS you will need to define the build argument ios.locationUsageDescription.
LocationRequest	This class is used when requesting to listen to location update.

Package com.codename1.location Description

Abstraction of location services (GPS/Geofencing etc.) providing user global positioning and monitoring over such changes both in the foreground and background.

Trivial one time usage of location data can look like this sample:

You can also track location in the foreground using API calls like this:

Geofencing allows tracking whether a user entered a specific region, this can work when the app is completely in the background and is very efficient in terms of battery life: