C - Advanced Topics
01 – SitumWYF & Fragments (Android only)
Last Updated: 24/01/2023Our Quickstart guide shows you how to load Situm WYF in an Android Activity. This is a common escenario, but it is also common to load it in a Fragment. Fortunately, Situm WYF provides the means to do it easily by using the method SitumMapsLibrary.loadInFragment, which accepts an androidx.fragment.app.Fragment where SitumWYF will load. In this...
02 – Internationalization
Last Updated: 09/02/2023Same as Situm SDK, Situm WYF supports internationalization. Situm WYF internationalizes three elements: UI and turn-by-turn indications Currently, the following languages are available: English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew and Portuguese. But while Situm SDK only supports internationalization of the turn-by-turn indications, Situm WYF provides translations of the whole interface. Additionally, the UI is adapted...
03- Using External Provider Locations with WYF
Last Updated: 24/01/2023It’s really easy to use the External locations in WYF. To do this you need to initialize the module programmatically instead of with the xml. There are examples on how to do this. When loading the module you have to enable the external locations like this: After doing this you just need to start the...
04 – Common issues
Last Updated: 24/01/2023This section will help you in troubleshooting common issues when integrating SitumWYF. Android Google Maps API Key not found If you do not provide a Google Maps API Key to SitumWYF, your app will crash with an exception like this one: Invalid Google Maps API Key If you open up SitumWYF in your app and...
05 – Using Situm SDK & Situm WYF together
Last Updated: 13/03/2023Traditionally, Situm WYF and Situm SDK could be used together but under a somewhat limited fashion. Essentially, if your application started positioning using Situm SDK, you needed to stop Situm SDK manually before loading Situm WYF. Then, Situm WYF would start Situm positioning on its own. If you unloaded Situm WYF, positioning would stop and...
06 – Using Custom Pois in WYF
Last Updated: 20/06/2023The Situm WYF library provides a set of methods for creating, storing, and managing customizable points of interest (POIs) on both Android and iOS devices. Unlike regular POIs that are created via dashboard, custom POIs are created, managed, and stored locally on the device. Warning! As of now, only one custom POI can be created...
07 – Tips for building your wayfinding UX
Last Updated: 16/05/2024Building your own wayfinding UX can be quite challenging. Integrating Situm SDK is pretty straightforward, but representing geospatial information in a nice way takes a lot of effort. This is why our first tip will be: don’t do it unless it’s absolutelly necessary! At Situm, we provide Situm WYF, a full-featured plug & play wayfinding...