Speed of location property

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Dear,

I try to use the speed variable from the location property. Nevertheless, I get always 0 when I am moving.

Here is the function:

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Any help will be appreciated. Regards

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Hi @infosmartmobilityccj ,

Would the accelerometer or the gyroscope be a better choice for you?

What are you trying to get the speed of?

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Hi,

I would like to display the speed of the mobile phone. Regards

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Have you checked to see if there’s anything in the green ‘error’ block? That might be informative.

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This works for me:

https://x.thunkable.com/copy/4ff39af9d614b63eb61673589fc2b20f

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The key is that if you call GetCurrentLocation too frequently, it doesn’t have time to load the values. I found that a 0.5 second delay worked well and that I could go down to as little as 0.3 seconds.

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I think you might have more luck with the accelerometer, though:

https://x.thunkable.com/copy/c752bf5867b0b9770829b5ab30e9de29

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I’m kind of wondering what the intended purpose of the Location Sensor’s speed property is…