| page.title=Location and Sensors APIs |
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| page.landing.intro=Use sensors on the device to add rich location and motion capabilities to your app, from GPS or network location to accelerometer, gyroscope, temperature, barometer, and more. |
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| <h3>Blog Articles</h3> |
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| <a href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/09/one-screen-turn-deserves-another.html"> |
| <h4>One Screen Turn Deserves Another</h4> |
| <p>However, there’s a new wrinkle: recently, a few devices have shipped (see here and here) |
| that run Android on screens that are naturally landscape in their orientation. That is, when held in |
| the default position, the screens are wider than they are tall. This introduces a few fairly subtle |
| issues that we’ve noticed causing problems in some apps.</p> |
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| <a href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/06/deep-dive-into-location.html"> |
| <h4>A Deep Dive Into Location</h4> |
| <p>I’ve written an open-source reference app that incorporates all of the tips, tricks, and |
| cheats I know to reduce the time between opening an app and seeing an up-to-date list of nearby |
| venues - as well as providing a reasonable level of offline support</p> |
| </a> |
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| <h3>Training</h3> |
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| <a href="http://developer.android.com/training/location/index.html"> |
| <h4>Making Your App Location Aware</h4> |
| <p>This class teaches you how to incorporate location based services in your Android |
| application. You'll learn a number of methods to receive location updates and related best |
| practices.</p> |
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