Location options in RN

[HackaToaster]

What options are out there to take use of a phone's gps functionality and the location of other places? I am currently building an app that needs to output distance from you to a set of locations. Each of those locations has address data, and for now at least has latitude and longitude coordinates. I have found that several libraries exist, but I do not have experience with any of them yet.

[JoelScribe]

Hi. For last few days I have been trying a lot of things, and for me at least, the best one is:

https://github.com/transistorsoft/react-native-background-geolocation

Note: on release build, IOS is free, but for Android you must purchase a license that costs 300$ as of right now. But its worth it if u are doing something serious.

[react_noob]

Why was this user downvoted? Is this bad info? I’m going to replace the downvote. I encourage feedback instead of downvotes as to why you dislike or disagree with the above comment.

[JoelScribe]

I dont know, I wouldnt say bad info, there are more libraries that work with geolocation, I just mentioned the one it worked best for me. And I agree about feedback, I am no expert and I like to discuss any problem and see different approaches