1page.title=Location and Sensors 2page.landing=true 3page.landing.intro=Use sensors on the device to add rich location and motion capabilities to your app, from GPS or network location to accelerometer, gyroscope, temperature, barometer, and more. 4page.landing.image= 5 6@jd:body 7 8<div class="landing-docs"> 9 10 <div class="col-6"> 11 <h3>Blog Articles</h3> 12 13 <a href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/09/one-screen-turn-deserves-another.html"> 14 <h4>One Screen Turn Deserves Another</h4> 15 <p>However, there’s a new wrinkle: recently, a few devices have shipped (see here and here) 16that run Android on screens that are naturally landscape in their orientation. That is, when held in 17the default position, the screens are wider than they are tall. This introduces a few fairly subtle 18issues that we’ve noticed causing problems in some apps.</p> 19 </a> 20 21 <a href="android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/06/deep-dive-into-location.html"> 22 <h4>A Deep Dive Into Location</h4> 23 <p>I’ve written an open-source reference app that incorporates all of the tips, tricks, and 24cheats I know to reduce the time between opening an app and seeing an up-to-date list of nearby 25venues - as well as providing a reasonable level of offline support</p> 26 </a> 27 </div> 28 29 <div class="col-6"> 30 <h3>Training</h3> 31 32 <a href="http://developer.android.com/training/basics/location/index.html"> 33 <h4>Making Your App Location Aware</h4> 34 <p>This class teaches you how to incorporate location based services in your Android 35application. You'll learn a number of methods to receive location updates and related best 36practices.</p> 37 </a> 38 </div> 39 40</div>