This app allows user to constantly reads GPS data from the device and upon a button press, records all the GPS data obtained during the recording period and upload it to a designated Firestore database.
The code for GPS reading is adapted from the example in react-native-geilcation-service.
There are two ways to use the app.
The pre-built app is availbale only in Andorid. Please contact the repo maintainer for the link to download the APK file.
The app is written in React Native and can run on both Android and iOS. To build the app on your own, follow the steps described below.
- Set up the environment for React Native according to the documentation. Please follow the "React Native CLI Quickstart". If you have React Native set up already, skip this step.
- Clone this repo
git clone https://github.com/FanchenBao/GPSLocator.git
- Remove all the
.secretfiles and.gitsecretfolder.rm **/*.secret rm -rf .gitsecret
- Install node modules
npm install
- Install pods for iOS.
cd ios && pod install
- Set up a Firebase project for Android and/or iOS app according to the documentation. Make sure to place the
google-services.jsonandGoogleService-Info.plistin the right folder. - Create an API key on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that allows access to "Maps SDK for Android" and "Maps SDK for iOS". You can create the API key in another GCP project, or within the same Firebase project. Since a Firebase project is essentially a GCP project, I recommend creating the API key within the same Firebase project.
- Create a
.envfile and put the GCP API key in the file asGOOGLE_MAP_API_KEY=your-gcp-api-key - From your root folder, run the app on a simulator or your device.
- For iOS
npm run ios
- For Android
npm run android
- For iOS
Since I do not have plan to write unit test for the app at the moment, contributing to this repo will be difficult to manage. Therefore, I think the best way to make modification to the codebase is to fork it.