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Dom
Dom

Reputation: 1028

smartphone app that detects users location

I am going to soon make a website idea expanded to smartphone apps. These apps will need to know the location of the user in question. I am doing a lot of research before I delve into these projects. I will need to make android , iphone, and blackberry apps for this idea. My question is, will I be able track these users location using the programming abilities these phones allow. Also how legal is this is; it something the user has to agree to. Basically I need to know their location to verify if they are in the place they say they are in. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 332

Answers (3)

csaunders
csaunders

Reputation: 1742

Yes you can get the userlocation using the Geolocation API that is available in mobile browsers. They will have to grant your application permission to use it though.

A tutorial on how to use the API can be found here: http://www.html5rocks.com/tutorials/geolocation/trip_meter/

Upvotes: 0

djg
djg

Reputation: 1283

With Android your app must outline all of the required permissions. Such as:

<manifest ... > <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" /> ... </manifest>

On install the user is notified and must accept the permissions that your app requests in order to use the app.

Upvotes: 1

Rayfleck
Rayfleck

Reputation: 12106

Yes, it's possible, yes it's legal, yes you will need the user's permission (at least on iOS)

Upvotes: 0

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