if I manually close the app does not work?

[Richi2293]

Hi,

when I have the app in the foreground and in the background it works because it sends me notifications but if I manually close the app then everything stops working.
(it does not send me any more notifications and in the logs it does not add anything anymore)

Your Environment

• Plugin version: ^0.5.0-alpha.35
• Platform: iOS
• OS version: mac 10.13.4, iphone 11.4
• Device manufacturer and model: iPhone 7 plus
• React Native version: 0.56.0
• Plugin configuration options:
  desiredAccuracy: BackgroundGeolocation.HIGH_ACCURACY,
  stationaryRadius: 5,
  distanceFilter: 3,
  notificationTitle: 'Background tracking',
  notificationText: 'enabled',
  debug: true,
  startOnBoot: true,
  stopOnTerminate: false,
  saveBatteryOnBackground: false,
  locationProvider: BackgroundGeolocation.DISTANCE_FILTER_PROVIDER,
  interval: 10000,
  fastestInterval: 5000,
  activitiesInterval: 10000,
  stopOnStillActivity: false

Context

So what I want to know is, does it work if the app is manually closed or I have a wrong configuration?
Thanks

[mauron85]

'stopOnTerminate: false' is currently Android only feature. If you terminate your app on iOS it will just stop sending locations. I was working on iOS implementation, but due lack of time and resources it's progressing slowly.

[mauron85]

I should correct docs though.

[Richi2293]

Thanks for the quick response.

Ah okok, so theoretically on ios can you implement this thing right?
On ios it's possible (objective c/swift) but in this library it does not work? (at moment)

Because I watched this repo for a feature that I need in an app, I need to detect when a user is near in an area (gps position).
Could this library fit for this task?

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Then I wanted to add, sending the location to the server I don't use it.
Is it possible to deactivate it?

Thanks

[StanislavMayorov]

@mauron85 Hi. We are interested in stopOnTerminate for ios. Is it in progress? I can help with implementation.

[mauron85]

Help is welcomed. It could be implemented by using geofences. When user closes app, geofence is set to some very small radius. If user crosses this radius, geofence event will be sent to plugin, which auto starts itself and continue to operate normally.

[StanislavMayorov]

@mauron85 thank you. Will it start tracking after phone reboot?

[StanislavMayorov]

I created pull request in ios implementation. mauron85/background-geolocation-ios#7
It works after phone reboot. RAW_PROVIDER and DISTANCE_FILTER_PROVIDER are supported.

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