4 posts tagged with "Location"

Have you ever wondered how to make an app like Uber using React Native? Taxi apps such as Uber, Lyft, Didi or Ola have been extremely popular in the last couple of years, and that is highly correlated with the fact that the cost of building a mobile app like Uber, with Maps and Geolocation Tracking functionality has decreased dramatically. At Instamobile, we offer high-quality React Native Templates to help developers start their app faster. Check out our stunning Uber Clone, in case you want to skip at least one year of development for your taxi booking app.

You might have seen Google Maps in almost all the apps these days. Some mobile apps are displaying their outlet locations, track users (like Uber), showing nearby places, etc. So, it shows the importance of maps support in mobile apps. Today, we are going to integrate Google Maps in a React Native app step by step, using the popular React Native Maps package.

Today we’re going to draw directions route on a map in React Native, showcasing the path between two different locations. We’re going to make use of react-native-maps which is a powerful library, allowing us to draw polylines between multiple coordinates. We are also going to use Google Directions API, in order to fetch precise directions routes between two coordinates.

It’s nearly impossible to build a mobile app these days without needing to access your users’ location in order to improve the user experience tremendously. In this article, we will be looking at how to get user location in React Native, without having your app crash.