Update location from time to time when an application is running in the background

Question

I have an app that should save the user’s location every 1 minute. I created a service running in the background that does this. While the screen is on and the application is in the foreground, it works perfectly. But if it goes to the background, the application stops saving. I read that there was an update on android 8 that limits the geolocation call when the application is in the background. Is there any way I can continue saving the location with the 1 minute periodicity even if the application is in the background or the screen is off?

Answer 1

This has to do with limitations imposed by Android 8 to the execution of services on background.

The solution is to use a foreground service(startForegroundService() instead of startService(), or a scheduled job like the Workmanager included in the Android Jetpack.

Note that the Workmanager does not launch tasks in exact time, if you need exactly one minute break you will need to use an Alarmmanager and a Broadcastreceiver.
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