GPS tracking app in Xamarin stop working in the background after a while

tux_tina

I'm trying to make a gps tracking app in Xamarin that works in the background too. Currently I have created a service that every two seconds checks the location of the device. I am currently testing it on an Android Honor 10 and I notice that when i launch the app in debug with Visual Studio keeping the phone connected to the PC it works without ever stopping. If, on the other hand, I try the app without debugging, after a while it stop tracking...

Originally asked by Lorenzo Belfanti on Stack Exchange (stackoverflow) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

See Limited Updates to Background Tracking - "Android 8.0 (API level 26) and higher - Android preserves device battery life by ... If your app is running in the background, it can receive location updates only a few times each hour ". If you want more frequent updates, then you need a Foreground Service .

Full answer by ToolmakerSteve: https://stackoverflow.stackexchange.com/a/68074058 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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