Find location using GPS and show progress bar while searching

Question

I am Developing an app in which I need to find the current location of mine and show the progress bar while searching and after searching it will show the location in text block.

if anybody knows how to do it...please reply...

Answer 1

If you are building your app as an out of browser app to run on Windows 7, then the Location API will help you.  Here's a link to a Channel 9 review of using this API in Silverlight: http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/martinesmann/Using-the-new-sensor-and-location-API-from-Silverlight-4

Answer 2

I am Developing an app in which I need to find the current location of mine and show the progress bar while searching and after searching it will show the location in text block.

if anybody knows how to do it...please reply...

Hello,

To enable GPS, add a reference to the following assembly in your WP7 application.

• System.Device

Here is an example for the same see this link.

Hope it helps.