[MonoTouch] Location found detection

Mittchel debaass mittchel at gmail.com
Mon Dec 19 10:12:39 EST 2011


Yep I understand, but how do I notify when the last(accurate) location has
been found? Since it calls multiple times UpdatedLocation

2011/12/19 Nic Wise <nicw at fastchicken.co.nz>

> I usually wait until I get something with a good degree of accuracy (<
> 150m) then fire off any searches. it takes a few seconds (sometimes
> quite a few) so you will need to show the user something while they
> wait.
>
> The accuracy is passed into the UpdatedLocation delegate method.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 12:56, Mittchel debaass <mittchel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > Currently I'm building an application which shows nearby advertisements
> > based on the current location. When the user starts the application for
> the
> > first time I want them to see a top 10 of nearby advertisements.
> >
> > I'm having a slight problem with fetching the location on time. My
> problem
> > is that the current location isn't fetched yet before the view is loaded.
> > Of course there is the delegate UpdatedLocation, but this one gets fired
> > multiple times. I guess it fires multiple times, because it wants to
> fetch
> > the most accurate location?
> >
> > So my question is; What can I do to 'wait' until the location is found
> and
> > then start searching for advertisements?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mittchel
> >
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