react-native-location-in-background
v0.1.9
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tracking user location in background
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react-native-location-in-background
tracking user location all time in android && ios platform in background && foreground without killing.
how it work?
1) - android
- use
ForegroundService
with notification. - the location update every n second.
2) - ios
- use
CLLocationManager
with Significant Location UpdatesstartMonitoringSignificantLocationChanges
. - the location updates based on significant location changes read here.
Installation
npm install react-native-location-in-background
Usage
import * as React from 'react';
import { StyleSheet, View, Text, TouchableOpacity, Alert, Platform } from 'react-native';
import LocationInBackground from 'react-native-location-in-background';
export default function App() {
React.useEffect(() => {
LocationInBackground.configure(
{
extraPostData : {key1 : "value1", key2 : "value2"},
httpHeaders : {"header1" : "header value1", "header2" : "header value2"},
notificationText : "tracking is running",
notificationTitle : "tracking your location",
interval : 30000,
fastestInterval : 20000,
url : "", //your url here
}
)
}, [])
const startTracking = () => {
LocationInBackground.startTracking();
};
const iosCheckPermission = () => {
LocationInBackground.iosCheckPermission()
.then((x) => {
// @ts-ignore
alert(x);
});
};
const iosOpenSettings = () => {
Alert.alert(
"enable always location permission",
"to tracking user in background you must set location permission to always.",
[
{
text: "Cancel",
onPress: () => console.log("Cancel Pressed"),
style: "cancel",
},
{ text: "OK", onPress: () => LocationInBackground.iosOpenSettings() }
]
);
};
const stopTracking = () => {
LocationInBackground.stopTracking();
};
return (
<View style={styles.container}>
<TouchableOpacity style={styles.btn} onPress={startTracking}><Text>start tracking</Text></TouchableOpacity>
<Text style={styles.heading}>ask for permission and then start Tracking.</Text>
<View style={styles.line} />
<TouchableOpacity style={styles.btn} onPress={stopTracking}><Text>stop tracking</Text></TouchableOpacity>
{Platform.OS === "ios" &&
<>
<View style={styles.line} />
<Text style={styles.heading}>in ios if the user don't accept always permission you can open "iphone settings app" and force user to accept it</Text>
<TouchableOpacity style={styles.btn} onPress={iosCheckPermission}><Text>ios check Permission</Text></TouchableOpacity>
<TouchableOpacity style={styles.btn} onPress={iosOpenSettings}><Text>ios open Settings to force Permission</Text></TouchableOpacity>
</>
}
</View>
);
}
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
flex: 1,
alignItems: 'center',
justifyContent: 'center',
},
line: {
height : 1,
width : "90%",
marginVertical: 20,
backgroundColor : "#999"
},
btn : {
paddingVertical : 5,
marginVertical : 5,
borderWidth : 1,
borderColor : "#0099cc",
paddingHorizontal : 15,
},
btn2 : {
paddingVertical : 5,
marginVertical : 5,
borderWidth : 1,
borderColor : "#999",
paddingHorizontal : 15,
width : "90%",
},
heading : {
padding : 15,
textAlign : "center",
}
});
Contributing
See the contributing guide to learn how to contribute to the repository and the development workflow.
License
MIT