Get continuous location using service even after app killed from recent drawer

Question

I started Service from main activity like;-

Intent intent = new Intent(this, MyLocationService.class);
startService(intent);

MyLocationService class looks like:-

public class MyLocationService extends Service implements
        LocationListener,
        GoogleApiClient.ConnectionCallbacks,
        GoogleApiClient.OnConnectionFailedListener {
    private static final String TAG = MyLocationService.class.getSimpleName();
    public static Location mCurrentLocation;
    LocationRequest mLocationRequest;
    GoogleApiClient mGoogleApiClient;
    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        Log.e(TAG, "onCreate: ");
        initiateGooglePlayService();
    }
    public void initiateGooglePlayService() {
        Log.e(TAG, "initiateGooglePlayService: ");
        if (isGooglePlayServicesAvailable()) {
            mLocationRequest = new LocationRequest();
            mLocationRequest.setInterval(5000);
            mLocationRequest.setFastestInterval(5000);
mLocationRequest.setPriority(LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY);
            mLocationRequest.setSmallestDisplacement(10.0f);
            mGoogleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this)
                    .addApi(LocationServices.API)
                    .addConnectionCallbacks(this)
                    .addOnConnectionFailedListener(this)
                    .build();
            mGoogleApiClient.connect();
        }
    }
    @Override
    public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
        Log.e(TAG, "onStartCommand: ");
        return super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId);
    }
    @Nullable
    @Override
    public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
        Log.e(TAG, "onBind: ");
        return null;
    }
    private boolean isGooglePlayServicesAvailable() {
        Log.e(TAG, "isGooglePlayServicesAvailable: ");
        int status = GoogleApiAvailability.getInstance().isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(getApplicationContext());
        return ConnectionResult.SUCCESS == status;
    }
    @Override
    public void onConnected(Bundle bundle) {
        Log.e(TAG, "onConnected: ");
        startLocationUpdates();
    }
    @Override
    public void onConnectionSuspended(int i) {
        Log.e(TAG, "onConnectionSuspended: ");
    }
    protected void startLocationUpdates() {
        Log.e(TAG, "startLocationUpdates: ");
        try {
            PendingResult<Status> pendingResult;
            if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED && ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {

                return;
            }
            pendingResult = LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.requestLocationUpdates(
                    mGoogleApiClient, mLocationRequest, this);
        } catch (IllegalStateException ignored) {
        }
    }
    @Override
    public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
        Log.e(TAG, "onLocationChanged: " + location.getLongitude());
        if (mGoogleApiClient.isConnected()) {
            mCurrentLocation = location;
            Intent intent = new Intent("GPSLocationUpdates");
            intent.putExtra("location", location);
         LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(this).sendBroadcast(intent);
            Toast.makeText(this, "location", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
    }
    @Override
    public void onConnectionFailed(@NonNull ConnectionResult connectionResult) {
        Log.e(TAG, "onConnectionFailed: ");
    }
}

I never stop the service anywhere.

But still I am unable to get the control of onLocationChange().

My motive is that, I need continuous location to do some background operation. It worked in lollipop sometimes. But it is not working in Marshmallow and nougat and even kitkat also. I searched but could not get the proper idea. Please let me know, where i am going wrong. Any suggestion accepted.

I am using following dependency for location;-

 compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:9.6.1'

I cant speak for everyone, but if I close an app from recent I want it to close and stop running **all** of its code — Nick is tired, Aug 31 '17 at 09:50
are you facing this issue on some devices or all Marshmallow devices — Shashwat Gupta, Aug 31 '17 at 09:50
@ĜüptåŠhãsĥwæt it worked in lollipop sometimes, but not worked in any other device. I tested it in Nougat, Kitkat, Marshmallow. — Kailas Bhakade, Aug 31 '17 at 09:53
@ShaifaliPundir YES, Even I given location permission from device setting also for test. But its fine. — Kailas Bhakade, Aug 31 '17 at 09:56
@NickA you are right, but i am developing business app, so there is a requirement to do some operation in background. — Kailas Bhakade, Aug 31 '17 at 09:59
Check this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28535703/best-way-to-get-user-gps-location-in-background-in-android — Farmer, Aug 31 '17 at 10:00
@KailasBhakade ahh, well internal apps are a different matter :) — Nick is tired, Aug 31 '17 at 10:00
Did u moved your device from one place to another as you have given distance 10 ft.your device has to move more than 10ft as u mentioned in your code — Sachin Gawai, Aug 31 '17 at 10:00
@SachinGawai Yes. I did this as well. Should I change it 10ft to something else. — Kailas Bhakade, Aug 31 '17 at 10:03
@KailasBhakade try removing ` mLocationRequest.setSmallestDisplacement(10.0f);` line. — Sachin Chandil, Aug 31 '17 at 10:05
@chandil03 its working fine for all devices after removed this line - > mLocationRequest.setSmallestDisplacement(10.0f);` Thank You very much, But Not working in Nougat. — Kailas Bhakade, Aug 31 '17 at 10:29
@KailasBhakade your code will work with that line also, but you need to move your device location by 10 meters. Try writing test cases using location mocking. — Sachin Chandil, Aug 31 '17 at 10:59
@chandil03 okzz. But is anything is wrong in code or should i do something else? Because not working for nougat. — Kailas Bhakade, Aug 31 '17 at 11:10

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 20 '17 at 07:09

You can use the HyperTrack SDK to get the location updates in the background. Get more insight about the reliability of SDK here in different conditions.

First Setup the SDK

After setting up the SDK you just need to set the Callback to receive the location updates.

HyperTrack.setCallback(new HyperTrackEventCallback() {
@Override
public void onEvent ( @NonNull final HyperTrackEvent event){
    switch (event.getEventType()) {
        case HyperTrackEvent.EventType.LOCATION_CHANGED_EVENT:
            Log.d(TAG, "onEvent: Location Changed");
            HyperTrackLocation hyperTrackLocation = event.getLocation();
            LatLng latLng = hyperTrackLocation.getLatLng();
            updateCurrentLocationMarker(event.getLocation());
            break;
    }
}
}

(Disclaimer: I work at HyperTrack.)

As Oreo has put a limitation on background service so SDK needs to keep a sticky notification to run a service as foreground. — Aman Jain, Sep 21 '17 at 10:51

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 31 '17 at 10:20

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/**Check out my Github post i did the same for Taxi clone**/

Link ---> https://github.com/yash786agg/GPS/

Note: Remember to remove or comment the below mentioned code if you want the latitude 
and latitude even when the application is in background.

    if(networkUtilObj != null)
    {
        networkUtilObj.disconnectGoogleApiClient();
    }

answered Aug 31 '17 at 10:20

yash786

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Is it work even app killed from recent also. Because I am looking for this. If application is in background then my code worked. – Kailas Bhakade Aug 31 '17 at 10:23
yes i will work but do remember don't call "networkUtilObj.disconnectGoogleApiClient();" anywhere that sample code contains the same line – yash786 Aug 31 '17 at 10:33
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@KailasBhakade if an app is killed from recent app drawer there is no way to do whatever you are looking for. Until you have a use case that can awake your app by launching it from Broadcast receiver. – Sachin Chandil Aug 31 '17 at 10:58
@chandil03 OK, Thank You. – Kailas Bhakade Aug 31 '17 at 11:27

Get continuous location using service even after app killed from recent drawer

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