android location listener two functions Google Maps

Question

I am working on an app that runs a service that has a location listener, and needs to do things in the background.

I am currently integrating Google Maps in my app, do I need to create a different location listener? Do I use the same one, how?

If someone can point me in the right direction for the right way to do it, I would greatly appreciate it...

Answer 1

If you are using google maps v2 just set setMyLocationEnabled(boolean) to true and it will display your location without you having to do anything

Answer 2

In your location Listener, wherever you get your location, you use the googleMaps change position method call.

 googleMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLng(position));

position would be instantiated like so:

 LatLng position = new LatLng(location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude());

That should do what you want it to do. Spend some time looking at the developer guide for google maps.