Huawei HMS Support for the Background Geolocation SDK Posted on 2 Apr 13:01 , 0 comments

In 2019, Google suspended support for its Google Play Services API from Huawei Inc. Since the Background Geolocation SDK relies upon Google Play Services APIs, this action prevented the SDK from operating on newer Huawei Devices.

Today, with new tooling finally available from Huawei, Transistor Software’s Background Geolocation SDK now includes support for Huawei HMS on those devices which do not include Google Play Services.

Read the full story at transistorsoft.medium.com.

When To Go Native Over Javascript Posted on 12 Jun 21:54 , 0 comments

Here's a nice little presentation by Harry Tormey at React Chicago which clearly lays out the complexities involved with tracking a device's location in the background and why this needs to be done directly with Native APIs.

This is exactly what the Background Geolocation plugin does for you.

(Watch for his recommendation to use Transistor Software's react-native-background-geolocation plugin at 19:42, thanks Harry ;)

New Geofence Feature Posted on 20 May 00:51 , 0 comments

Today I implemented the ability to add arbitrary Geofences with iOS.  I'll implement Android next. 

 In debug-mode, the sound "Fan Fare" will play when you enter a geofence.  "Fan Fare" sounds like this:

The Javascript API looks like this: 

In my sample app, I add a geofence like this:

• Background Geolocation for Cordova
• BackgroundGeolocation for React Native
• Background Geolocation for NativeScript