transistorsoft/react-native-background-geolocation

Sophisticated, battery-conscious background-geolocation with motion-detection

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Forks: 446
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 18

Dominant language: TypeScript
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
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[Bug]: iOS: relaunch from terminated state via stationary-region exit leaves tracker blind until stopTimeout Open

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transistorsoft/react-native-background-geolocation#2661 · Opened Sep 14, 2026
[Bug]: uploadLog on iOS does not attach http.headers/authorization, Android does. Open

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transistorsoft/react-native-background-geolocation#2660 · Opened Sep 13, 2026
Facing regular spikes on distance calculation Open

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transistorsoft/react-native-background-geolocation#2659 · Opened Sep 10, 2026
[Bug]: locationTemplate not applied in all cases Open

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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 54/100

transistorsoft/react-native-background-geolocation#2658 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 10, 2026
requestPermission() hangs indefinitely - no promise resolution/rejection, no popup, no error (Expo + New Architecture) Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

transistorsoft/react-native-background-geolocation#2656 · 18 comments · Opened Sep 7, 2026
Facing distance inaccuracy and kms spikes Open

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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

transistorsoft/react-native-background-geolocation#2654 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 2, 2026
[Help Wanted]: [Geofence] Enter event occasionally fails to trigger in background Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

transistorsoft/react-native-background-geolocation#2653 · 6 comments · Opened Sep 1, 2026
[Help Wanted]: Fully disable motion detection when using Significant Location Changes on iOS Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

transistorsoft/react-native-background-geolocation#2652 · 18 comments · Opened Aug 24, 2026
[Help Wanted]: Native-level handling of terminal HTTP response status codes Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 42/100

transistorsoft/react-native-background-geolocation#2651 · 10 comments · Opened Aug 24, 2026
[Help Wanted]: Is v5.4.0 supported on React Native 0.86 / Expo SDK 57 (New Architecture)? Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

transistorsoft/react-native-background-geolocation#2650 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 23, 2026
[Help Wanted]: Battery drain with background location tracking on iOS Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

transistorsoft/react-native-background-geolocation#2649 · 6 comments · Opened Aug 18, 2026
[Bug]: Distance Mismatch Between Actual Distance and SDK Distance Open

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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

transistorsoft/react-native-background-geolocation#2647 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 17, 2026
[Help Wanted]: Tracking pauses mid-trip, timeout starts, and never resumes on movement (both iOS and Android) Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 32/100

transistorsoft/react-native-background-geolocation#2644 · 12 comments · Opened Aug 10, 2026
[Bug]: iOS: SDK wedges in Stationary with no stationary region (radius 0.0) after a failed motionchange fetch at stopTimeout - promotion vetoed for ~18 h Open

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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

transistorsoft/react-native-background-geolocation#2641 · 12 comments · Opened Aug 3, 2026
[Bug]: Samsung devices stuck in stationary mode Open

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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

transistorsoft/react-native-background-geolocation#2631 · 27 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 22, 2026
[iOS] Watchdog Kill (0x8BADF00D) + Cold Start Gap >200m — New Architecture (TurboModules) on iOS 26 Beta Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

transistorsoft/react-native-background-geolocation#2601 · 10 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jun 2, 2026
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transistorsoft/react-native-background-geolocation#1784 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 18, 2023
service starting on app startup Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

transistorsoft/react-native-background-geolocation#1231 · 34 comments · Opened Jan 28, 2021

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