Geolocation sample widget

The latest in our Widget Samples series is the Geolocation sample widget, which demonstrates how to use the JIL geolocation API.

Location-awareness can add a unique dimension to your mobile apps, enabling you to create presence-based services and include geotagging, mapping, and navigation functionality. The JIL geolocation API is easy to use, does exactly what it says, and makes it easy to give your apps that mobile edge. You can use this sample widget as a starting point for own widget projects.

The sample demonstrates:

• How to make a location request and handle the asynchronous result
• How ...

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Yesterday 100+ developers from Germany, Holland, UK and Canada attended Mobile Unconference Dusseldorf, the Vodafone developer team were also there. Here are my thoughts about the event from a fog bound Dusseldorf airport lounge.

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Next up in our Widget Samples series is the Basic Application sample widget. It's a simple but complete example that demonstrates basic widget structure and behaviour including:

• Essential contents of every widget .WGT package file
• config.xml essentials
• Simple HTML document structure using a fixed-position header and footer, with scrolling page text
• CSS styling including using media queries
• Simple JavaScript structure to encapsulate your code

If you are new to widgets, this simple example is good place to start.

The screenshot below shows the widget running on Android on the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini:

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We’ve just done the first draw for the Vodafone Android app upload contest and this week’s winner is Mohammed El Batya. Congrats Mohammed your HTC Legend will be on its way to you shortly!

If you want a chance to win a HTC Legend then don't delay and upload your Native Android app and enter next weeks draw! Details here.

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