I am developing an application for Google TV and need to continuously track the physical location of the TV. The application aims to monitor and update the location of the device to ensure compliance with regional restrictions and other use cases.

Here’s what I’ve done so far:

1. Added permissions for location services in the AndroidManifest.xml:

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2. Tried implementing LocationManager and FusedLocationProviderClient to get location updates. However, it appears that Google TVs lack built-in GPS hardware, as the location always returns null.

3. Considered using IP-based geolocation, but it seems to only provide approximate locations and may not be sufficient for accurate tracking.

Questions:

1. Is there any way to track the precise physical location of a Google TV device?
2. For TVs without GPS hardware, are there any APIs or services recommended for continuous tracking (e.g., IP-based geolocation, third-party SDKs)?
3. Does Google TV have specific location APIs or any other device tracking mechanisms for such use cases?

If there’s a limitation in directly tracking the TV, are there best practices to integrate location tracking (e.g., linking the TV to a mobile device with GPS)?

Additional Context:

• I am familiar with Android APIs but have not worked extensively with IoT device tracking.
• I am open to using cloud-based or third-party solutions if native options are unavailable.

Any guidance or example implementations would be greatly appreciated.

I am developing an application for Google TV and need to continuously track the physical location of the TV. The application aims to monitor and update the location of the device to ensure compliance with regional restrictions and other use cases.

Here’s what I’ve done so far:

1. Added permissions for location services in the AndroidManifest.xml:

''' '''

2. Tried implementing LocationManager and FusedLocationProviderClient to get location updates. However, it appears that Google TVs lack built-in GPS hardware, as the location always returns null.

3. Considered using IP-based geolocation, but it seems to only provide approximate locations and may not be sufficient for accurate tracking.

Questions:

1. Is there any way to track the precise physical location of a Google TV device?
2. For TVs without GPS hardware, are there any APIs or services recommended for continuous tracking (e.g., IP-based geolocation, third-party SDKs)?
3. Does Google TV have specific location APIs or any other device tracking mechanisms for such use cases?

If there’s a limitation in directly tracking the TV, are there best practices to integrate location tracking (e.g., linking the TV to a mobile device with GPS)?

Additional Context:

• I am familiar with Android APIs but have not worked extensively with IoT device tracking.
• I am open to using cloud-based or third-party solutions if native options are unavailable.

Any guidance or example implementations would be greatly appreciated.

• geolocation
• location
• android-tv
• google-tv

1 Answer 1

I’ve worked on a similar challenge and implemented an app called iTraqqar: Find My TV, which is designed for Google TV and Android TV to help users track their TV’s location and enhance security.

To achieve this, I used the Google Geolocation API, which allows for approximate location tracking based on network data. Since Google TVs lack built-in GPS hardware, traditional methods like FusedLocationProviderClient and LocationManager do not work as expected.

I-Traqqar: Find My TV