How to track user location in background?

Question

I\'m looking for an open source app or library to track user location in the background. Now I\'m trying to do it with CLLocation and background tasks, but accu

Answer 1

Your problem is the background handler. Remove it and enable gps background mode in plist file. then you should get full power gps all the time.

Set property pausesLocationUpdatesAutomatically=NO

This is new in ios6.

From CLLocationManager:

Allowing the location manager to pause updates can improve battery life on the target device without sacrificing location data. When this property is set to YES, the location manager pauses updates (and powers down the appropriate hardware) at times when the location data is unlikely to change. For example, if the user stops for food while using a navigation app, the location manager might pause updates for a period of time. You can help the determination of when to pause location updates by assigning a value to the activityType property.

The default value of this property is YES.

For analysis add these methods to your LocationManager delegate:

- (void)locationManagerDidPauseLocationUpdates:(CLLocationManager *)manager {
     NSLog(@"locMan: locationManagerDidPauseLocationUpdates");
}

- (void)locationManagerDidResumeLocationUpdates:(CLLocationManager *)manager {
    NSLog(@"locMan: locationManagerDidResumeLocationUpdates");
}