What is the best solution for collecting location info in the background?

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I want to make an application that gets the phone location each 30 min and save it to a DB (and transmits to a webserver).

The application should be running in the background for a few hours while the user can be doing other things with his phone (games, calls...)

Can someone please advice what is the best solution for this project? (Service? AlermManager?)

Jepp, service is the right way to go, [you will find this thread interesting](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7909805/determining-if-gps-is-failing-to-get-a-lock) — Reno, Nov 04 '11 at 07:34

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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In my case Android - Service is the best solution for me.

For service Example - ServicesDemo - Using Android Services

Define and consume your own service .

EDIT: look at this SO question Running a service to get location details

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answered Nov 04 '11 at 07:14

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Thanks for the response! Will take a look at it! – user733284 Nov 04 '11 at 07:31

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 04 '11 at 07:26

A good way to this is by registering a pending Intent instead of an location listener.

This makes it possible that your App is not running while it is waiting for a new location. The pending Intent should point to an intent service, in that way you don't need to think about working in the background after you received a new location.

If you don't need more location updates you only have to unregister the intent.

What is the best solution for collecting location info in the background?

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