Periodic iOS background location updates

Question

I\'m writing an application that requires background location updates with high accuracy and low frequency. The solution seems to be a background NSTimer t

Answer 1

When it is time to start location service and stop background task, background task should be stopped with a delay (1 second should be enough). Otherwise location service wont start. Also Location Service should be left ON for a couple of seconds (e.g. 3 seconds).

There is a cocoapod APScheduledLocationManager that allows to get background location updates every n seconds with desired location accuracy.

let manager = APScheduledLocationManager(delegate: self)
manager.startUpdatingLocation(interval: 170, acceptableLocationAccuracy: 100)

The repository also contains an example app written in Swift 3.