Places Near is a location based native Android application allowing users to discover recommended places near their current location. You can create your own location based app with Places Near. This starter kit provides a working base for building location-based Android apps.

Admin Backend Included

The app comes with a powerful Parse admin panel. You can manage your application data on admin panel such as your categories, places, deals and user reviews. Places Near works on Android 2.3.3 (API V10) and later versions. It is fully customizable, configurable and localizable. Admin Panel works on any web server or locally on your computer and does not requires an installation.

Location-based Application Features

• Categories and places with a modern UI
• Powerful place filters for finding best places
• Kilometers and miles options for coverage and distance
• Users can add places to their favorite lists
• Users can like places
• Users can write reviews/comments to a place
• Users can upload photos to a place
• Users can add places
• Place detail page with description, photos, reviews, deals etc
• Place social page views (Facebook, Twitter) and web page view
• Phone call to place
• Sharing place on Twitter and Facebook with place photo
• Map view and directions with the maps app
• Fully customizable with the configuration property list
• Ready for tracking analytics with Google Analytics
• Ready for localization