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Qibla Compass: our first app on Google Play
A small native Android app from 2019 that finds the Qibla direction with the phone's sensors and shows it on a map.
Live (legacy)
Published on Google Play in 2019 and still available. Early work, not actively developed.
- Owner
- NinjaNext product
- Industry
- Consumer Apps & Games
- Period
- 2019
- Platforms
- Android
The problem
People need the Qibla direction wherever they are, even when GPS is weak.
What we built
The app calculates the bearing to Mecca from the user's position and combines the accelerometer and magnetometer into a compass, with a map view that follows the bearing.
Key features
- Qibla bearing calculated with spherical trigonometry
- Compass built from accelerometer and magnetometer readings, with a calibration hint
- Google Maps view with a Qibla pointer
- Location from fused location, GPS or network, with further fallbacks
Technology stack
The main technologies used in this project.
- Java
- Android SDK
- Google Play services Location
- Google Maps SDK
Our role
Designed, built and published by NinjaNext.
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