Added ability to configure whether the location-manager may pause loc… #933
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packages/location_web/pubspec.yaml
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| location_platform_interface: | ||
| path: ../location_platform_interface/ |
| /// | ||
| /// [interval] and [distanceFilter] are not used on web. | ||
| @override | ||
| Future<bool> changeSettings({ | ||
| LocationAccuracy? accuracy = LocationAccuracy.high, | ||
| int? interval = 1000, | ||
| double? distanceFilter = 0, | ||
| bool? pausesLocationUpdatesAutomatically = true, |
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I don't think true is a good default. What's the current behavior?
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@bartekpacia
On supported platforms the default value of this property is true; otherwise the default value is false and is immutable.
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The current behaviour is true by default.
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| # Uncomment this line to define a global platform for your project | |||
| # platform :ios, '11.0' | |||
| # platform :ios, '12.0' | |||
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let's uncomment this line
packages/location/pubspec.yaml
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| location_platform_interface: | ||
| path: ../location_platform_interface/ | ||
| location_web: | ||
| path: ../location_web/ |
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on IOS devices, location updates in background are paused automatically depending on activity detected by device, so if you have an app that needs to keep getting locations like a tracking app you need to set this parameter in false. |
…ation updates in iOS
That is exactly our use-case. The app needs to track the location of the user even when the app or the device is not actively used. |
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