Find your friend – An Android application

Content Introduction Google Maps and Android Network Connection (Sockets) and Android Conclusion Question & Answers

Introduction Motivation / Why a project with Android? The idea / What do I need? The two parts of the application

Google Maps and Android Android support Location based service APIs. In addition to simply using the Google maps application we can program to add many cool things to our application But how can we show Google maps in our application ?

Obtaining the maps ApI key We need to apply for a free Google Maps API key before we can integrate Google Maps into your Android application. First we need to create a certificate and get its MD5 fingerprint Then we code.google.com and register with MD5 to get the Google key.

Important android classes for our application android. Location package contains Location Manager :provides access to the location service Location Provider : provides periodic reports on the geographical location Location Listener :Provides callback methods when the location get changed…

Important android classes for our application

Functions for Google maps application displaying the zoom control Getting the Location that was touched

Functions for Google maps application Changing Views : satellite view, street view, traffic conditions

Functions for Google maps application Add a Location Marker

Network Connection (Sockets) and Android

Network Connection (Sockets) and Android Server Client

Conclusion New experience First time using java First time using eclipse and working with smartphone applications on real device and using the emulator Improving our application

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