Learn how to make an app like RunKeeper in this two part tutorial series.
This tutorial will show you how to make an app like RunKeeper. It will be a motivational run-tracking app. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll have an app that:
- Uses Core Location to track your route.
- Shows a map during your run, with a constantly-updating line denoting your path.
- Continually reports your average pace as you run.
- Awards badges for running various distances.
- Silver and gold versions of each badge recognize personal improvements, regardless of your starting point.
- Encourages you by tracking the remaining distance to the next checkpoint.
- Shows a map of your route when you’re finished.
- The map line is color-coded so that the slower portions are red and the faster portions are green.