How do I get a background location update every n minutes in my iOS application?

Question

I\'m looking for a way to get a background location update every n minutes in my iOS application. I\'m using iOS 4.3 and the solution should work for non-jailbroken iPhones

Answer 1

To someone else having nightmare figure out this one. I have a simple solution.

1. look this example from raywenderlich.com-> have sample code, this works perfectly, but unfortunately no timer during background location. this will run indefinitely.

2. Add timer by using :

   -(void)applicationDidEnterBackground {
   [self.locationManager stopUpdatingLocation];
   
   UIApplication*    app = [UIApplication sharedApplication];
   
   bgTask = [app beginBackgroundTaskWithExpirationHandler:^{
       [app endBackgroundTask:bgTask];
       bgTask = UIBackgroundTaskInvalid;
   }];
   
    self.timer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:intervalBackgroundUpdate
                                                 target:self.locationManager
                                               selector:@selector(startUpdatingLocation)
                                               userInfo:nil
                                                repeats:YES];
   
   }
   

3. Just don't forget to add "App registers for location updates" in info.plist.