The Geolocation sample shows how to use the Windows.Devices.Geolocation namespace to get the geographic location of the user's device. An app can use the Geolocation namespace to request access to user location, get the location one time, continuously track the location by getting location update events, or get alerts when the device has entered or exited locations of interest.
- Use a geofence: Receive notifications when the user's device has entered or left an area of interest.
- Handle changes in location permissions: Register for the Geolocator's StatusChanged event and use the StatusChangedEventArgs to determine the current position status.
- Get location from a background task
- Handle geofencing events from a background task
- Obtain satellite data: When available, use the GeocoordinateSatelliteData class to obtain additional information on the quality of the satellite based location data.
- Display a toast: Notify the user when a geofencing event has occurred in the background.
- Refresh geofence binding: Refresh the binding on resume and after removal of a geofence. Note that removal requires subscribing to removal events if a geofence is set as single use or a duration is set.
- Request access to the user's location: Request access to the user's location using the RequestAccessAsync method. Important: call the RequestAccessAsync before accessing the user's location. At that time, your app must be in the foreground and RequestAccessAsync must be called from the UI thread. Until the user grants your app permission to their location, your app can't access location data.
- Help the user change location settings: Link to location privacy settings from your app if the user revokes access to location while your app is in the foreground. Call the LaunchUriAsync method with the URI "ms-settings://privacy/location".
Geofences need to be created in the Foreground Geofencing scenario (Scenario 4) and then you can go to Background Geofencing scenario (Scenario 5) to register for background geofencing events.
The Geolocation sample formats and parses time and dates in the en-US locale using the Gregorian calendar and 24-hour clock. To help other locales in entering data the edit fields have a format example shown below the control. For example, Start Time would be entered mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss format. February 2, 2014 at 10:34 pm would be written 2/2/2014 22:34:00. For the Dwell Time and Duration the format is dd:hh:mm:ss so a time span of 7 days, 23 hours, 45 minutes and 55 seconds would be written as 7:23:45:55.
This sample requires that location capability be set in the Package.appxmanifest file to allow the app to access location at runtime. The capability can be set in the app manifest using Microsoft Visual Studio.
Windows.Devices.Geolocation.Geofencing
Guidelines for location-aware apps
Client: Windows 10
Server: Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview
Phone: Windows 10
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