Recommendations for GPS Proximity alert for android phone ?

gijoo

Hi I'm looking for some advise and would be grateful if you could point me in the right direction.

My small org is looking for the solution to a problem, whereby we need to load gps cordinates into the app, and that if any of the clients comes within a certain distance of that GPS loc an alert is noted on the phone.

I trialled a free app called waypoint finder but found it hit and miss. I found it ate the battery in no time and that the app would not notify if the screenlock came on. Really i need this to be more like a service (running all the time) rather than an app that's needed to be launched every time ?

Does anyone know of a developed solution for this ?

Thanks,
GiJoo

The Corinthian

gijoo wrote: »

My small org is looking for the solution to a problem, whereby we need to load gps cordinates into the app, and that if any of the clients comes within a certain distance of that GPS loc an alert is noted on the phone.

I trialled a free app called waypoint finder but found it hit and miss. I found it ate the battery in no time and that the app would not notify if the screenlock came on. Really i need this to be more like a service (running all the time) rather than an app that's needed to be launched every time ?

Use a listener:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/location/LocationListener.html