PositioningSDK - Getting started

Installation

Before starting to develop your application with the WemapSDKs, you'll need to configure your credentials and add the SDK as a dependency.

Add the dependency

Add the WemapSDKs to your app

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The code examples below show how to configure the WemapPositioningSDK to work with the WemapMapSDK, but it can be used independently of the WemapMapSDK.

• In your module level Gradle file (usually project/module/build.gradle.kts or project/module/build.gradle), add the dependency for the WemapSDK library for Android.

  dependencies {
      // Add the dependency for the WemapMapSDK library
      implementation "com.getwemap.sdk:map:<version>"
  
      // Add the dependency for the WemapPositioningSDK library
      implementation "com.getwemap.sdk.positioning:fused-gms:<version>" // Google's Fused Location Source
      implementation "com.getwemap.sdk.positioning:polestar:<version>" // Polestar Location Source
      implementation "com.getwemap.sdk.positioning:wemap-vps-arcore:<version>" // Wemap VPS ARCore Location Source
  }

• Make sure that your project's minSdkVersion is at API 21 or higher.

  android {
      ...
      defaultConfig {
          minSdkVersion 21
      }
  }

• Because you've edited your Gradle files, Android Studio will ask you whether you want to sync the Gradle files. You can sync now.

Location Sources

Wemap provides a set of different location sources to manage the user's location on the map. By default, WemapMapSDK uses Android GPS and Network Providers to obtain raw location updates.

To set a specific location source, you need to add a specific WemapPositioningSDK library to your project dependencies and assign it to the map.

override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
    ...
    mapView.getMapViewAsync { _, _, _ ->
        ... // check permissions
        setupLocationSource()
    }
}

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If you want the camera to follow the user's direction, you can do this by changing renderMode and cameraMode of locationManager as shown below

mapView.locationManager.apply {
    cameraMode = CameraMode.TRACKING_COMPASS
    renderMode = RenderMode.COMPASS
}

Google's Fused location source

fun setupLocationSource() {
    mapView.locationManager.apply {
        source = GmsFusedLocationSource(applicationContext)
        isEnabled = true
    }
}

Polestar location source

fun setupLocationSource() {
    mapView.locationManager.apply {
        source = PolestarLocationSource(applicationContext, "emulator") // change 'emulator' to your polestar API key here
        isEnabled = true
    }
}

Wemap VPS ARCore location source

To make VPS service work, you need to know VPS service endpoint. For additional information contact Wemap team.

fun setupLocationSource() {
    val vpsLocationSource = WemapVPSARCoreLocationSource(applicationContext, "https://your-wemap-vps-endpoint")
    vpsLocationSource.vpsListeners.add(vpsListener)
    
    mapView.locationManager.apply {
        source = vpsLocationSource
        isEnabled = true
    }
}

You will also need to react to changes in the state of WemapVPSARCoreLocationSource due to the need to allow the user to scan their environment.

private val vpsListener by lazy {
    object : WemapVPSARCoreLocationSourceListener {
        override fun onScanStatusChanged(status: WemapVPSARCoreLocationSource.ScanStatus) {
            ...
        }

        override fun onStateChanged(state: WemapVPSARCoreLocationSource.State) {
            when(state) {
                State.SCAN_REQUIRED, State.LIMITED_CORRECTION -> {
                    // ask user to scan his environment and show camera
                }
            }
        }

        override fun onError(error: WemapVPSARCoreLocationSourceError) {
            ...
        }
    }
}

Examples

You can find additional examples for the WemapSDKs on GitHub. Clone the repository and run the example application following the instructions in the README.