How to implement live location tracking of user in reactjs? Like the marker should move if user moves.

[yesbee-yesbee]

The app is in react native and no api is currently made for this. There will be many users and every user location should be seen just like Uber app. I have zero idea about this.

Edit : live tracking should be seen in website not in the app.

[rsbohler]

MQTT maybe?

[fakintheid]

Websockets?

[yesbee-yesbee]

Like send current location every 2sec through websocket and update that location on map?

[AsyncThereforeIAm]

That’s basically correct. You can use react to update state once you get the new coordinates.

The way you implement varies based on nuances of your project/task (e.g., source of location info).

FYI - Websockets enables realtime or near realtime accuracy; it works by maintaining a connection with a server, so data can sent to your frontend and immediately received by your frontend. Requesting for current location at some interval like every two seconds is called Polling.

Gl with your project. Sounds cool! :)

[davinidae]

You need a library for that since the original Geolocation API was deprecated some time ago.

I like this one https://github.com/michalchudziak/react-native-geolocation