capacitor-community / capacitor-community/background-geolocation
Problem getting geolocation after one hour
- Dominant language
- Java
- Stars
- 249
- Forks
- 79
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
**Describe the bug**
After resolved the problem of Android stopping the application after five minutes in the background:
https://github.com/capacitor-community/background-geolocation/issues/89
Now Android stops the application in the background after approximately one hour.
For this reason, we have used foreground plugin to show a notification that makes Android reactivate the app, but it does not work.
**To Reproduce**
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
1. Start app
2. Send coordenates to an API
3. We send the application to de background
4. After an hour, Android stops the calls to the API
5. If I get the application in foreground, the flow restart again
**Expected behavior**
We need to send coordenates to the API throughout the time
**Smartphone (please complete the following information):**
- Device: Any Android Device
- OS: Android 14
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue on Android 14: launch the app, send coordinates to an API, background it, and observe whether updates stop after about an hour. Investigate the plugin's background execution and foreground-notification behavior; done means coordinate updates continue while the app remains in the background.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, java
- Domain
- mobile-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100