Location enabling your C++Builder for iOS apps

In this video I show you how to location enable your C++Builder for iOS applications using the TLocationSensor component.  I'll also show you how to use the resulting latitude and longitude coordinates to display a Google map using the TWebBrowser component. You'll start by creating a new C++Builder for iOS application and choose the blank application project template.



Next I'll add a TToolBar component with a TLabel, a TListBox component with 3 ListBoxItems, a TSwitch component, the TLocationSensor component and the TWebBrowser component.  After you've put the components togetner, your form will look something like the following in the IDE form designer:

Next I add an OnSwitch event handler for the TSwitch component.  I use the TSwitch to activate and deactivate the TLocationSensor component. Here is the OnSwitch event handler code:

void __fastcall TForm1::Switch1Switch(TObject *Sender)

{

	LocationSensor1->Active = Switch1->IsChecked;

}

Next, I add code for the TLocationSensor's OnLocationChange event handler to get the previous and current location coordinates, display the latitude and longitude, and use the TWebBrowser's Navigate method to go to Google Maps and return the map showing the current location.  Here is the code for the OnLocationChange event handler:

void __fastcall TForm1::LocationSensor1LocationChanged(TObject *Sender,

	const TLocationCoord2D &OldLocation,

	const TLocationCoord2D &NewLocation)

{

	ListBoxItem2->Text = ListBoxItem2->Text.sprintf(

		L"Latitude: %f",

		NewLocation.Latitude);

	ListBoxItem3->Text = ListBoxItem3->Text.sprintf(

		L"Longitude: %f",

		NewLocation.Longitude);



	String URLString = "";

	URLString = URLString.sprintf(

		L"https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%2.6f,%2.6f&output=embed",

		NewLocation.Latitude, NewLocation.Longitude);



	WebBrowser1->Navigate(URLString);

}

Compile and Run the application on your iOS device and you'll see the following output showing the Latitude, Longitude and the Google Map for your current location (I am currently in Houston for the RAD Studio XE5 lunch and learn tomorrow):

Watch me design, code, compile and run this application on my iPhone 4S in the YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-sQeBTqaAI

For additional information about C++Builder for iOS go to the product information page - http://www.embarcadero.com/products/cbuilder/ios-development

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