[TIMOB-1930] Allow Geolocation in background
| GitHub Issue | n/a |
|---|---|
| Type | New Feature |
| Priority | Low |
| Status | Closed |
| Resolution | Duplicate |
| Resolution Date | 2011-04-15T03:05:57.000+0000 |
| Affected Version/s | n/a |
| Fix Version/s | Release 1.6.0 M10 |
| Components | Android |
| Labels | android, background, feature, geolocation, gps, klist, release-1.6.0 |
| Reporter | Ralf Pfeiffer |
| Assignee | Don Thorp |
| Created | 2011-04-15T03:05:54.000+0000 |
| Updated | 2017-03-03T05:59:44.000+0000 |
Description
Currently (even in the current github sources) Geolocation cannot do background processing. Is this a matter of removing the instructions from the onPause()/onResume() routines? I think allowing a user to specify allowBackGround: true in their initial construction of a Geolocation object would be wise. This way, we can still do background processing and not have to worry about the app losing focus, and data being randomly sent askew.
Comments
- Kleppten 2011-04-15
+1
Same problem here, with onPause()/onResume() Appcelerator of no use as a geolocation tracker.
Worked for 1ß days on it, to find that geolocation stops when task changes or phone goes to sleep mode. - Don Thorp 2011-04-15
Running in the background via this method is not recommended but it may be a temporary fix until support could be done by the Titanium developer via a service.
- ziggamon 2011-04-15
Was following this thread: http://developer.appcelerator.com/helpdesk/view/57011#c292681">http://developer.appcelerator.com/helpdesk/view/57011#c292681
This is how I would like a geonotification function to work:
Ti.App.Geolocation.addNotification(latitude, longitude, beginTime, endTime, accuracy, pollingFrequency, callbackFunction);
Or if not callbackFunction, then at least an alert message.
Would be super awesome!
- Ben 2011-04-15
Would be a great feature for iPhone & Android.
A good addition to Ziggamon's suggestion might be distance changed. For example fire an event every 300 meters.
+1 for the feature and Titanium in general.
- Don Thorp 2011-04-15
Removing iPhone tag. This an android specific ticket.
- Don Thorp 2011-04-15
See #1386
- Lee Morris 2017-03-03 Closing issue due to time passed and irrelevance of the ticket.