iOS Question GPS running background

[stevenindon]

Hello all,

I have downloaded an android version of GPS running in background here :

Background location tracking

Simple example of a foreground service that keeps the process running in the background. The current location is shown in the persistent notification. The app starts at boot and theoretically should run all the time. It also schedules itself to run with StartServiceAt. This can help in cases...

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I was wondering is it even possible to do the same with IOS.
1) GPS is running in notification bar - even app is minimized or killed.
2) GPS will only stop - when user click 'stop' in app

Any reference that i can jump start? I have done GPS in IOS before but never know if it can achieve like what android can do as i am currently working on a project that required GPS to be turn on and save log even app is minimised/killed.

 

[Erel]

Background location tracking

iLocation library allows you to track the device location when your app is in the foreground. Using the code posted in this tutorial you can mark your app as a special kind of app that requires background location updates and then your app will continue to run in the background and receive...

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[stevenindon]

Thank you Erel for the answer. Will look into this. Thanks again.

 

[stevenindon]

Hello all,

I have downloaded the above example of GPS running in background by Erel. I was just wondering if IOS are able to do what Android can.
Android : GPS background are still running even tho user kills app (App is still running on top in notification bar)

Can IOS do the same? *if kills app then there is already no way to track user position...

 

[stevenindon]

Can anyone shed some light on this? Can IOS runs in background even the app is killed?... Thanks in advance

 

[Erel]

No. You cannot prevent the user from killing the app and it will not restart automatically.