{"id":99,"date":"2013-09-09T15:57:35","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T10:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationm.com\/blog\/?p=99"},"modified":"2014-03-07T19:00:56","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T13:30:56","slug":"location-testing-in-mobile-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationm.com\/blog\/location-testing-in-mobile-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Location Testing in Mobile Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the world of <\/span>Location<\/strong>. We have been talking about Location as an important attribute in mobile apps today. Business people and Developers are talking about it. Have you ever thought as to how a testing of apps based on location can be done? Let us talk about it.<\/span><\/p>\n

This articles flows like this:<\/p>\n

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  1. What is Location?<\/li>\n
  2. Concept of Location Provider<\/li>\n
  3. Case Study<\/li>\n
  4. Tools for testing Location based applications<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    1. What is\u00a0Locatio<\/strong>n<\/strong>?<\/span><\/h2>\n

    Location<\/strong> is place or point that something is at on this earth. Each point on this earth is identified by two data points – Latitude and Longitude. There are more attributes to Location but these two are the core.<\/p>\n

    2. Concept of Location Provider<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

    A location provider provides current location of the device to the applications running in the device.<\/p>\n

    Each provider has a set of criteria under which it may be used; for example, some providers require GPS hardware and visibility to a number of satellites; others require the use of the cellular radio, or access to a specific carrier’s network, or to the internet. They may also have different battery consumption characteristics or monetary costs to the user<\/p>\n

    Types of Location Provider –\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>There are three Location Providers – GPS Provider, Network Provider and Passive.<\/span><\/p>\n