How to work with deferred location iOS 6?

Question

I am trying to use the new iOS 6 feature of deffered location updates but keep on getting this error :

didFinishDeferredUpdatesWithError :Error Domain

Answer 1

Did you set location in your info.plist UIBackgroundModes field?

Answer 2

Before you call allowDeferredLocationUpdatesUntilTraveled:timeout: set the distance filter to kCLDistanceFilterNone, then it will work.

Answer 3

I found this description in one Framework sample for [CLRegion initCircularRegionWithCenter] call:

"If the overlay's radius is too large, registration fails automatically, so clamp the radius to the max value."

Answer 4

In my testing I have found that deferred updates only work in iOS 6.0.1 or greater, but not 6.0. I tested on 2 phones 1 which I updated and 1 which I left using 6.0 for testing reasons. I believe this is the reason why the simulator doesn't work and if your phone isn't updated yet it is likely why that isn't working either.

Also make sure you implement

– locationManager:didUpdateLocations:

rather than the now deprecated

– locationManager:didUpdateToLocation:fromLocation:

as it is required for use with deferred location updates.

Answer 5

According to the Apple Developer Forums for the iOS 6.0 SDK, deferred location updates are only available:

• on iPhone 5 hardware
• running iOS 6.0 or higher
• desired accuracy set to kCLLocationAccuracyBest or kCLLocationAccuracyBestForNavigation because this requires a GPS chip. An iPad without cellular data does not have a GPS Chip.
• call the "startUpdatingLocation" method
• wait for location updates to come in at approximately 1 per second
• then begin deferring updates

See: https://devforums.apple.com/message/751974#751974

See docs: allowDeferredLocationUpdates(untilTraveled:timeout:)

So sounds like you need iPhone 5 hardware, and to wait for location updates to come in at 1Hz.

Additionally, as another poster mentioned, you'd need to implement the locationManager:didUpdateLocations: method in your delegate.

The most common place to call this [allowDeferredLocationUpdates] method is in your delegate’s locationManager(_:didUpdateLocations:) method. After processing any new locations, call this method if you want to defer future updates until the distance or time criteria are met. If new events arrive and your app is in the background, the events are cached and their delivery is deferred appropriately.

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