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[pedometer 4.0.1] stepCountStream listened in a Foreground Service does not trigger onData when phone is locked and screen is closed. Triggers when lock screen is shown again.

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Description

### Device / Emulator and OS
- Device: Huawei P9 Lite
- OS: Android 7.0

I'm developing a Flutter app using **pedometer** package to track steps of the user. I want to count steps when app is closed as well, so I used **flutter_background_service** package as well in order to use foreground service on Android.

Basically this is my setup Background Service initialization logic (which is basically configured to use **onStart** method mentioned below):

```
Future initializeBackgroundService() async {
final service = FlutterBackgroundService();

await service.configure(
androidConfiguration: AndroidConfiguration(
// this will be executed when app is in foreground or background in separated isolate
onStart: onStart,
// auto start service
autoStart: true,
isForegroundMode: true,
notificationChannelId: 'my_foreground',
initialNotificationTitle: 'AWESOME SERVICE',
initialNotificationContent: 'Initializing',
foregroundServiceNotificationId: 888,
),
iosConfiguration: IosConfiguration(
// auto start service
autoStart: true,
// this will be executed when app is in foreground in separated isolate
onForeground: onStart,
// you have to enable background fetch capability on xcode project
onBackground: onIosBackground,
),
);
}

```

**onStart** method (method called when foreground service is started):

```
@pragma('vm:entry-point')
Future onStart(ServiceInstance service) async {
DartPluginRegistrant.ensureInitialized();

if (service is AndroidServiceInstance) {
service.on('setAsForeground').listen((event) {
service.setAsForegroundService();
});

service.on('setAsBackground').listen((event) {
service.setAsBackgroundService();
});
}

service.on('stopService').listen((event) {
service.stopSelf();
});

await activatePedometer(service);
}

```

And the content of **activatePedometer** method:

```
Future activatePedometer(ServiceInstance service) async {
Stream pedometerStream = Pedometer.stepCountStream;
var subscription = pedometerStream.listen((stepCount) async {
print("STEP DATA LISTENED!!!");
}

Timer.periodic(const Duration(seconds: 1), (timer) async {
print('TIMER: ${DateTime.now()}!!!');
});
}

```

**listen** callback of stepCountStream is called in the following scenarios:

- When app is open
- When app is minimized
- When app is closed
- When phone lock screen is shown

And as you can see in the code, **"STEP DATA LISTENED!!!"** is printed on debug console.

But when phone is locked and screen goes black, this callback is not triggered even when user takes steps. When user uses lock button to show lock screen, it is triggered again. I want to be able to read step data even when phone is sleeping (locked and screen is black).

I wanted to see if this is a foreground service issue, that's why I added the following:

```
Timer.periodic(const Duration(seconds: 1), (timer) async {
print('TIMER: ${DateTime.now()}!!!');
});
```

**"TIMER: 2024-04-27 21:58:00.657213!!!"** is printed every second even when phone is locked and screen goes black. So it's clearly not a foreground service issue.

Has anyone encountered a problem similar to this? Is there anything I can do to ensure **listen** callback is triggered even when phone is sleeping (locked and screen is black)?

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