Geo-location helps you measure location data by using latitude and longitude and predefined points of interest in your Android apps.

Each trackLocation call sends the following information:

• Latitude, longitude, and location in a point of interest (POI) that is defined in the Adobe Mobile Services UI.

  This information is passed to mobile solution variables for automatic reporting.

• Distance from center and accuracy passed as context data.

  These variables are not captured automatically. You must map these context data variables by using the instructions in the Sending Additional Data section below.

Starting in version 4.2, POIs are defined in the Adobe Mobile UI and dynamically synchronized to the app configuration file. This synchronization requires an analytics.poi setting in the ADBMobile JSON Config:

"analytics.poi": "https://assets.adobedtm.com/…/yourfile.json",

If this is not configured, you must download an updated version of the ADBMobile.json file and add it to your app. For more information, see Download the SDK and Testing Tools.

1. Add the library to your project and implement lifecycle.

   For more information, see Add the SDK and Config File to your IntelliJ IDEA or Eclipse Project in Core implementation and lifecycle.

2. Import the library:

   import com.adobe.mobile.*;

3. Call trackLocation to track the current location:

   Location currentLocation = new Location("my location here"); 
   Analytics.trackLocation(currentLocation, null);

   Tip: You can call trackLocation at any time.

   You can use location strategies to determine the location that is passed to the trackLocation call. For more information, see Android Location Strategies.

Additionally, if the location is determined to be in a defined POI radius, an a.loc.poi context data variable is sent in with the trackLocation hit and is reported as a POI on the Location Breakdown reports. An a.loc.dist context variable is also sent with the distance in meters from the defined coordinates.

In addition to the location data, you can send additional context data with each track location call:

HashMap<String, Object> locationContextData = new HashMap<String, Object>(); 
locationContextData.put("myapp.location.LocationSource", "GPS"); 
 
Location currentLocation = new Location("my location here"); 
Analytics.trackLocation(currentLocation, locationContextData);

Context data values must be mapped to custom variables in the Adobe Mobile Services UI:

The latitude and longitude are sent by using three different context data parameters, with each parameter representing a different level of precision, for a total of six context data parameters.

For example, the coordinates lat = 40.93231, long = -111.93152 represent a location with 1 m precision. This location is split according to the level of precision across the following variables:

a.loc.lat.a= 040.9

a.loc.lat.b = 32

a.loc.lat.c = 31

a.loc.lon.a = -111.9

a.loc.lon.b = 31

a.loc.lon.c = 52

Some precision levels might appear as 00 depending on the accuracy of the current location. For example, if the location is currently accurate to 100m, a.loc.lat.c and a.loc.lon.c will be populated with 00.

Remember the following information:

• A trackLocation request sends in the equivalent of a trackAction call.

• POIs are not passed as part of typical trackAction and trackState calls, so you must use a trackLocation call to track POIs.

• trackLocation should be called as often as necessary to track location and POIs.

  We recommend calling trackLocation when the app starts and then as needed, depending on the app's requirements.

• POIs are populated only after they are defined in the app's configuration file.

  The POIs are not applied to historical trackLocation calls that were previously sent.

• trackLocation calls support sending additional context data similar to trackAction calls.

• When two POIs have overlapping diameters, the first POI that contains the current location is used.

  If your POIs overlap, you should list POIs in order of most to least granular to ensure that the most granular POI is reported.