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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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Want to create a geofence for google map. How to draw on the map to select geofence?

I have been working on creating geofence in google map. I have created a form where user can put latitude and longitude. Now I want to show that particular selected part in the map. Once the user put the value and press "create geofence", it should…
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Geofencing with only GPS does not work in android

I want to use Geofencing location API in my application to set certain Point of Interest. I have used this demo provided by google. I am able to run this demo when WIFI and location services both are on. But this doesn't seem to work when only GPS…
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Determine POIs with Proximity Alerts and get their distance to the current position

It's me again having another problem with my location app. Let me explain the current situation: I have a file stored on my SD card which contains various combinations of latitudes and longitudes in order to define different POIs. These are read…
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Android Update Geofences

What's the best way to update geofences in Android? Is it to first remove the old set of Geofences and then add the newly updated list like this: LocationServices.GeofencingApi.removeGeofences( mGoogleApiClient, …
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How to start a notification in IntentService

I'm try to send a notification when a user enters or exits a specific geofence. I already can log when a user enters or exits the geofence. But no notification is showed up when this happened. Is there anything i'm missing? I implemented a theme in…
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Geofence is not being triggered in the background in windows phone 8.1

I'm trying to implement geofencing in Windows phone 8.1. First I wanted to create a sample Project to understand how it Works, but i couldnt make it works. What I'm trying to achieve is basically, I'll set the coordinates and close the app by…
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Draw a Circle GeoFence with Preview in Android

First of all my question is a bit different from other questions about GeoFencing in gmap in Android. When the user start to define a circle as a GeoFence area I want to show a fixed circle in the center of the screen. In this stage the user should…
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How to make Geo Fencing without using google play Service (Android)

I'm looking to get notifications when you enter or leave an area. I DO NOT want to use google play services. Is it just a matter of setting up an alarm service, then call a background service to the GEO part? I can't find any good examples to how to…
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Alert when two users/friends are near to each other - Android Proximity

I tried searching but i couldn't find anything. My Question is "How can i alert 2 or more users if they are nearby each other?" in android using Geo-fencing or something else. Say, If a UserA is in football ground and UserB walking nearby that…
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Geofencing is not working properly

In my application I want do geofencing. I have list of locations, for which I am setting geofencing regions. All location have radius 100m. Following is the code to set Region: CLLocationCoordinate2D cord; cord.latitude = [location.latitude…
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Trigger an event when the user exits a geofence

Is there a way to define a geofence (center and radius) around the current location of an iOS device, and have the system trigger a callback function in my app when the device exits the geofence? Will this mechanism can wake up a closed app? I would…
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android geofencing without calling requestlocationupdates

I am developing an app which is a geofencing based location awareness app. My concern is that will the geofencing will work without we programatically requesting the location updates by calling requestlocationupdates. In iOS when they request for…
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Unable to display notification when entering GeoFence in Android

I am working on GeoFencing in Android and I am stuck at one point. My task is to show notification to user when he enters/exits a Geofence area defined by me. Here is my code: Activity class public class TestMapActivity extends FragmentActivity…
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startMonitoringForRegion is not calling didEnterRegion if the app is started within the region

I'm having an issue where my app will not fire the didEnterRegion event if I start the app within the region. If I start the app outside the region and then enter the region, it fires. If I start the app inside the region, then leave the region,…
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Tracking more than 100 simultaneous geofences with the new Android API

I have around 3500 geographical points of interest in an area of 9000 km^2, and I want my app to run in the background and notify the user whenever he or she is in proximity to any of the aforementioned points. The new Geofence API introduced…
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