Google Play Console has introduced new guidelines for “Sensitive app permission”, such as android.permission.BACKGROUND_LOCATION, which the Background Geolocation SDK automatically adds to your app’s AndroidManifest. While submitting your app recently, you may find your app being rejected by Google Play Console.
The Background Geolocation SDK for React Native v3.9.0, Cordova v3.9.0 and Flutter v1.10.0 now includes support for iOS 14 and Android 11.
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Android Q and iOS 13 support is available now for the Background Geolocation SDK.
Version 3 of the Background Geolocation SDK for Cordova, React Native (v1 for Flutter version) is a significant refactor of the SDK’s Android Service architecture.
The Background Geolocation SDK for both Cordova and React Native now provides its own comprehensive Typescript API.
The Background Geolocation SDK for Cordova and React Native now supports syncing with Firebase (currently only Firestore).
The Background Geolocation SDK is now available for Flutter!
On Android, when you terminate your app with the BackgroundGeolocation plugin configured with stopOnTerminate: false, your Javascript code is completely terminated -- only the plugin's native Android background service continues running. If you've configured the plugin with an #url, its Android background Service will continue posting locations to your server.
But what if you need to implement some custom business logic in the "headless" state, such as posting a local notification or executing #getCurrentPosition in a heartbeat event?
A great way to field-test the background-geolocation plugin is to use our test-server which we provide open-source at Github background-geolocation-console. It's a simple node-server and web-application for quickly viewing your device tracking. It's very easy to setup and configure the background-geolocation plugin to post to it.