I would like to get the blue bar when tracking in the background, but not when not.
My app uses location services all the time when active, so in iOS8 I use the
The blue bar only show when you enable Background Location Updates and request when-in-use authorization in iOS 8.
Blue bar “is Using Your Location” appears shortly after exiting app
Sounds like location manager can't stop immediately. So the blue bar will appear until location manager stop completely. Or maybe it's just a bug like Keith said.