Running in background does not work

[leonardoayres]

Hello,

I've tried your package expecting to run it in background, but unfortunately it does not work. The example app runs fine while active (printing the logs), and when the Track option is activated and the app lost focus, the log stops to print.

p.s.: i've changed the parameter inBackground from false to true to suposely activate the background service, but no luck with it.

[freddy-nawfal]

Same here, it works on Android but not on iOS apparently

[imhafeez]

any update on this? Can someone suggest a plugin which track location updates in the background on iOS?

[leonardoayres]

@imhafeez you can try the background locator (https://pub.dev/packages/background_locator).

[ghost]

For background processing on IOS, it works when adding:
locationManager.allowsBackgroundLocationUpdates = true

in:
geolocation/ios/Classes/Location/LocationClient.swift

class LocationClient : NSObject, CLLocationManagerDelegate {
.......
.......
override init() {
    super.init()
    locationManager.delegate = self
    locationManager.allowsBackgroundLocationUpdates = true   // <---
  }

and adding in:
ios/Runner/Info.plist

<key>UIBackgroundModes</key>
	<array>
		<string>location</string>
	</array>

[leonardoayres]

@jeanantoine any success with Android or your environment is only iOS?

[ghost]

I want to use both Android and IOS, but I have no time for the moment on Android.

[NemanjaLugi]

Same issue

[ghost]

@NemanjaLugi

Same issue
On IOS ?

It works on IOS with:
xcode: Version 11.5 (11E608c)
IOS: 13.5 on emulator or iPhone 7 plus
Android studio: 4.0
flutter: flutter_macos_1.17.3-stable

with the modifications in my first post in this thread.