Solution code for the WalkMyAndroid app, which tracks location using the Location API.
The final version of this app has a button that starts tracking the device location. It updates the location every ten seconds, reverse geocodes the location coordinates into a physical address, and starts an animation to provide the user with visual feedback that tracking is on.
You should be familiar with:
- Creating, building, and running apps in Android Studio.
- The Activity lifecycle.
- Persisting data across configuration changes.
- Using an AsyncTask to do background work.
- Requesting permissions at runtime.
- Download the code.
- Open the code in Android Studio.
- Run the app.
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