GeoFencing isn't working when the app is killed/closed (not in the background)

Environment iPhone iOS 12.4

npmPackages: expo: 34.0.0 “react”: “16.9.0”, “react-native”: “https://github.com/expo/react-native/archive/sdk-34.0.0.tar.gz”, “expo-location”: “~6.0.0”, “expo-task-manager”: “~6.0.0”,

Steps to Reproduce

Testing GeoFencing. Running on a stand alone device. Everything works correctly when the app is in the foreground (open) or in the background. However, as soon as I swipe up the app and kill it. GeoFencing stops working. No event notifications are received when either entering or exiting the specified location.

Relevant Code

In App.js (in global scope, not inside a component)

TaskManager.defineTask(GEO_TRACK_LOCATION, (args) => {
    Segment.trackWithProperties('GEO_TRACK_' + args.data.eventType, args);
});

Location.startGeofencingAsync(GEO_TRACK_LOCATION, regions)
.then(result => console.log(`${GEO_TRACK_LOCATION} started`));

Expected Behavior

App should wake up when entering or exiting a specified location and fire off an update.

Actual Behavior

No geofencing updates are sent when the app is killed/closed Works as expected when app is open/foreground/background

[vjsingh]

Any updates on this? Seems like it makes the geofencing behavior fairly useless on iOS

[github-actions[bot]]

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