Small library that wraps Google Play Services API in brilliant RxJava
Observables
reducing boilerplate to minimum.
This version works with Google Play Services 8.1.0 and RxJava 1.0.+
- easily connect to Play Services API
- obtain last known location
- subscribe for location updates
- use location settings API
- manage geofences
- geocode location to list of addresses
- activity recognition
- use current place API
- fetch place autocomplete suggestions
Simple. All you need is to create ReactiveLocationProvider
using your context.
All observables are already there. Examples are worth more than 1000 words:
ReactiveLocationProvider locationProvider = new ReactiveLocationProvider(context);
locationProvider.getLastKnownLocation()
.subscribe(new Action1<Location>() {
@Override
public void call(Location location) {
doSthImportantWithObtainedLocation(location);
}
});
Yep, Java 8 is not there yet (and on Android it will take a while) but there is absolutely no Google Play Services LocationClient callbacks hell and there is no clean-up you have to do.
LocationRequest request = LocationRequest.create() //standard GMS LocationRequest
.setPriority(LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY)
.setNumUpdates(5)
.setInterval(100);
ReactiveLocationProvider locationProvider = new ReactiveLocationProvider(context);
Subscription subscription = locationProvider.getUpdatedLocation(request)
.filter(...) // you can filter location updates
.map(...) // you can map location to sth different
.flatMap(...) // or event flat map
... // and do everything else that is provided by RxJava
.subscribe(new Action1<Location>() {
@Override
public void call(Location location) {
doSthImportantWithObtainedLocation(location);
}
});
When you are done (for example in onStop()
) remember to unsubscribe.
subscription.unsubscribe();
Getting activity recognition is just as simple
ReactiveLocationProvider locationProvider = new ReactiveLocationProvider(context);
Subscription subscription = locationProvider.getDetectedActivity(0) // detectionIntervalMillis
.filter(...) // you can filter location updates
.map(...) // you can map location to sth different
.flatMap(...) // or event flat map
... // and do everything else that is provided by RxJava
.subscribe(new Action1<ActivityRecognitionResult>() {
@Override
public void call(ActivityRecognitionResult detectedActivity) {
doSthImportantWithObtainedActivity(detectedActivity);
}
});
Do you need address for location?
Observable<List<Address>> reverseGeocodeObservable = locationProvider
.getReverseGeocodeObservable(location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude(), MAX_ADDRESSES);
reverseGeocodeObservable
.subscribeOn(Schedulers.io()) // use I/O thread to query for addresses
.observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread()) // return result in main android thread to manipulate UI
.subscribe(...);
Do you need address for a text search query?
Observable<List<Address>> geocodeObservable = locationProvider
.getGeocodeObservable(String userQuery, MAX_ADDRESSES);
geocodeObservable
.subscribeOn(Schedulers.io())
.observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
.subscribe(...);
For geofence management use addGeofences
and removeGeofences
methods.
To get LocationSettingsResponse
for your LocationRequest
check
out ReactiveLocationProvider.checkLocationSettings()
method. Sample
usage can be found in sample project in MainActivity
class.
If you just need managed connection to Play Services API
use ReactiveLocationProvider.getGoogleApiClientObservable()
.
On subscription it will connect to the API.
Unsubscription will close the connection.
If you are manually using Google Play Services and you are dealing with
PendingResult
you can easily transform them to observables with
ReactiveLocationProvider.fromPendingResult()
method.
To transform any buffer to observable and autorelease it on unsubscription
use DataBufferObservable.from()
method. It will let you easily flatMap
such data as PlaceLikelihoodBuffer
or AutocompletePredictionBuffer
from Places API. For usage example see PlacesActivity
sample.
You can fetch current place or place suggestions using:
ReactiveLocationProvider.getCurrentPlace()
ReactiveLocationProvider.getPlaceAutocompletePredictions()
ReactiveLocationProvider.getPlaceById()
For more info see sample project and PlacesActivity
.
Do you need location with certain accuracy but don't want to wait for it more than 4 sec? No problem.
LocationRequest req = LocationRequest.create()
.setPriority(LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY)
.setExpirationDuration(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(LOCATION_TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS))
.setInterval(LOCATION_UPDATE_INTERVAL);
Observable<Location> goodEnoughQuicklyOrNothingObservable = locationProvider.getUpdatedLocation(req)
.filter(new Func1<Location, Boolean>() {
@Override
public Boolean call(Location location) {
return location.getAccuracy() < SUFFICIENT_ACCURACY;
}
})
.timeout(LOCATION_TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS, TimeUnit.SECONDS, Observable.just((Location) null), AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
.first()
.observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread());
goodEnoughQuicklyOrNothingObservable.subscribe(...);
Library is available in maven central.
Just use it as dependency in your build.gradle file along with Google Play Services and RxJava.
dependencies {
...
compile 'pl.charmas.android:android-reactive-location:0.8@aar'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:8.1.0'
compile 'io.reactivex:rxjava:1.0.14'
//RxAndroid or NotRxAndroid is not required by library
compile 'io.reactivex:rxandroid:0.25.0'
}
Ensure you have android-maven-plugin version that support aar archives and add following dependency:
<dependency>
<groupId>pl.charmas.android</groupId>
<artifactId>android-reactive-location</artifactId>
<version>0.8</version>
<type>aar</type>
</dependency>
It may be necessary to add google play services and rxanroid dependency as well.
Sample usage is available in sample directory.
Places API requires API Key. Before running samples you need to create project on API console
and obtain API Key using this guide.
Obtained key should be exported as gradle property named: REACTIVE_LOCATION_GMS_API_KEY
for
example in ~/.gradle/gradle.properties
.
Copyright (C) 2015 Michał Charmas (http://blog.charmas.pl)
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