# mcharmas/Android-ReactiveLocation

Small library that wraps Google Play Service API in brilliant RxJava Observables reducing boilerplate to minimum.

Repository: https://github.com/mcharmas/Android-ReactiveLocation
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/android-reactivelocation
Language: Java
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-07-18T14:24:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4600, "days_push": 776, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2094, forks 308 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:13.147213+00:00)

## What it is
A small Android library that wraps the Google Play Services location APIs in RxJava Observables, eliminating callback boilerplate. It supports last-known location, location updates, geofencing, geocoding, activity recognition, and the Current Place / autocomplete APIs.

## Use cases
- get last known location on android with rxjava
- subscribe to location updates as an observable stream
- manage geofences without play services callback hell
- geocode a location to a list of addresses
- detect user activity like walking or driving
- fetch place autocomplete suggestions
- use the current place api reactively

## When to choose
- your Android app already uses RxJava and you want reactive access to Play Services location APIs
- you want to avoid the LocationClient callback boilerplate
- you need geofencing, geocoding, or activity recognition wrapped in Observables

## When to avoid
- you use Kotlin coroutines or Flow instead of RxJava
- you target modern AndroidX location APIs (FusedLocationProviderClient with ListenableFuture) in a new project
- you need a library with an explicit license or active maintenance guarantees

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: sdk, middleware
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, cross-platform
- platform: -
- tags: rxjava, google-play-services, location, geofencing, geocoding, activity-recognition, places-api, android

## Member repositories
- mcharmas/Android-ReactiveLocation (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:13.147213+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:55:25.772914+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mcharmas/Android-ReactiveLocation (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:13.147213+00:00, sha eb32cf47ec05)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.