Car kilometer claim app

[Pauli_Isoaho]

I want to make a app that records how many killometers car has travelled. Then I use that information to calculate claim for money compensation. Don't give a ready solution but some hints how to do it

[ABG]

How do you want to collect data?

• from the car's OBD2 port, or
• from your phone's GPS?

[Pauli_Isoaho]

Using phone GPS

[ABG]

How to make a map app to return only (driving) distance in miles?

There are several ways to get the driving distance. -This tutorial explains how to get the driving distance using App Inventor’s Navigate control HOW TO: Use the Navigate control This provides reasonable driving distance estimation (the basic data is provided by volunteers and is not always precisely accurate). You can also use other methods Use an ActivityStarter and intents to open Google’s Navigator app. This link provides basic information https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/mi…

[Taifun]

@Pauli_Isoaho

a app that records how many killometers car has travelled

to be able to calculate that, you probably like to collect lat/long coordinates also while the app is not running? the location service extension is able to do that...

[PAID] Location Service Extension

Description This extension is able to run in the background while your app is closed and stores location data (latitude, longitude and optionally current datetime, altitude, accuracy, speed, current address and provider) in TinyDB. Also a background web functionality is available which can be used to send the location data in the background to a web service of your choice using a web request. This could be used for example to store the location data in a MySQL database or to send an email afte…

Taifun