How to change interval on iOS?

       const INTERVAL = 600 * 1000; // 10 minutes

        window.BackgroundGeolocation.configure({
          desiredAccuracy: window.BackgroundGeolocation.HIGH_ACCURACY,
          stationaryRadius: 50,
          distanceFilter: 50,
          notificationTitle: 'Background tracking',
          notificationText: 'ENABLED',
          debug: false,
          startForeground: true,
          startOnBoot: true,
          stopOnTerminate: false,
          activityType: 'OtherNavigation',
          pauseLocationUpdates: false,
          saveBatteryOnBackground: false,
          locationProvider: window.BackgroundGeolocation.DISTANCE_FILTER_PROVIDER,
          interval: INTERVAL,
          fastestInterval: INTERVAL,
          activitiesInterval: INTERVAL
        });

I know the interval properties are only for Android, but is there any similar system at all for iOS? On Android the location updates every 10 minutes, but on iOS it’s every 1 minute.

[mauron85]

I’m sorry that this plugin didn’t fulfil your expectations.

There has to be a workaround, otherwise you might as well remove iOS from the package entirely with background location tracking.

One would expect some degree of gratitude, but well let’s keep this upon my consideration. OK?

The problem is that iOS LocationProvider doesn’t have timeouts. Some libraries are doing interval polling by setting timer. However timers don’t fire when app is in background. So I don’t want to spend time implementing something that actually I won’t use. If somebody implement this as separate location provider (as we have RAW, DISTANCE, ACTIVITY). I would merge it.

[ZachHandley]

@mauron85 I have this issue as well and your comment does absolutely nothing to help. Clearly it must work in some capacity because otherwise how do you implement background location tracking on iOS?

Right now in my app it’s implemented in it gets the location every single minute, and that uses about 35-40% of battery life in a day.

There has to be a workaround, otherwise you might as well remove iOS from the package entirely with background location tracking.

Edited for clarity: Can I sleep the function for 14 minutes, is there anything I can do? This can’t be an iOS restriction, otherwise my phone battery life would die in seconds from all the apps using my location all the time.