A geo-fence is a virtual perimeter for a real-world geographic area. Geo-fencing is a means of notification when a location-aware device crosses this virtual perimeter.
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How does the Reminders app know to only track my location on the day of the reminder?
In the Reminders app introduced with iOS 5 you have the ability to setup a geofence, so your reminder alerts when you come near an address. Location based reminds can also be configured for a specific day. Apple is very efficient about how they…

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How to notify user when he enter into some region using Geoloqi API?
In my Android app i used Geoloqi API for geofencing https://developers.geoloqi.com/android/getting-started .I ve created triggers using some latitude,longitude.now when user enter into those regions i ve to notify him.i ve created Receiver class…

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Android geo-fence is not triggering without requestLocationUpdates
I have a pretty standard geo-fencing setup. Exactly as described in this official doco.
So there's a GeofenceBroadcastReceiver with a onReceive method that is supposed to fire when geo-fence events occur.
Here's how the geo-fence areas are…

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use multiple location geofencing
I used this code
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmAtMqljH9M&list=PLdHg5T0SNpN3GBUmpGqjiKGMcBaRT2A-m&index=9&ab_channel=yoursTRULY)
(https://github.com/trulymittal/Geofencing)
That code makes geofence by click and uses just one geofencing.
But I…

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Exception in thread "main" java.time.DateTimeException: Invalid value for MonthOfYear (valid values 1 - 12): 0 when i am using Google Map jar
I am working on Geo Fencing So I am using Google Dependencies "android-maps-utils"
and "geopackage-android-map"
I installed these jar in my system and using them in pom.xml file
its working fine in eclipse IDE but when i built the project and run…

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How to deal with background geofencing in 2022?
Here is the situation:
When a user creates a Geofence, I save it to backend and I register a Geofence with the OS. But whenever my app restarts I fetch geofences from my backend and reregister them with the OS again, since they keep disappearing.
I…

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Geofencing radius distribution/ratio across multiple geofences
I understand that this problem might be simple geometry, but Im using specific shapefiles for a geographical area and looking for a specific gis solution (hopefully code).
Essentially Id like to find the area of black that covers each separate…

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Android 8 Geofences on killed app
With the transition to android 8 I encountered an issue that geofences in app are not working anymore when app is killed.
I implemented geofences as per android developers guide, so no reason to show any code snipplets.
With some small…

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Geofence events not always called
This is how I add my geofences:
public void setGeofenceRequest(Location location) {
if (geofences == null) {
geofences = new ArrayList();
}
geofences.add(new Geofence.Builder()
.setRequestId("3")
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Android geofence BroadcastReceiver
I have implemented geofences using the GoogleApiClient -> when triggered, a Service connects to the GoogleApiClient and adds several Geofences.
Before I had another IntentService registered as "callback" for geofence events. This worked more or…

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Creating custom CLRegions for monitoring
I'm building an app that uses geofencing but I realised that CLRegion has many limitations, for example:
that location authorizationStatus must be .authorizedAlways in order for region monitoring to work.
only circular regions can be monitored…

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Swift Geofencing working with GPX file but not on the real device
when I run the code below testing using my phone connected to my mac I have a GPX file and on the debugger I select "Locations" everything works fine, every region I have on the GPX file gets triggered, the notification comes up with no problem. …

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NativeScript and geofencing - How? If even possible
I have an idea for an app, where I need to implement geofencing. In other words, I want to specify different places, and when a user gets near it, I want it to make an HTTP request to my server.
I'm still learning Swift, and I do know Java, but I…

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Android geofence transition triggers
I'm building an app which includes googles geofences, which i created with both ENTER and EXIT transitions.
The problem occurs when turning "Location" on, when inside my geofence, it triggeres both transitions, when only the ENTER transition should…

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Restrict Android user location within city perimeters
I'm building an app where I need to apply bounds on user's location (Lat,Lng) to be within city perimeters like Uber. How can I achieve this?
This one is when within city perimeters
This one is not in city or Uber's service zone.
I have tried this…

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