I found the problem/solution. When it is time to start location service and stop background task, background task should be stopped with a delay (I used 1 second). Otherwise location service wont start. Also Location Service should be left ON for a couple of seconds (in my example it is 3 seconds). Another important notice, … Read more
The answer of RedBlueThing worked quite well for me. Here is some sample code of how I did it. Header #import <UIKit/UIKit.h> #import <CoreLocation/CoreLocation.h> @interface yourController : UIViewController <CLLocationManagerDelegate> { CLLocationManager *locationManager; } @end MainFile In the init method locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc] init]; locationManager.delegate = self; locationManager.distanceFilter = kCLDistanceFilterNone; locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest; [locationManager startUpdatingLocation]; … Read more
To get a user’s current location you need to declare: let locationManager = CLLocationManager() In viewDidLoad() you have to instantiate the CLLocationManager class, like so: // Ask for Authorisation from the User. self.locationManager.requestAlwaysAuthorization() // For use in foreground self.locationManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization() if CLLocationManager.locationServicesEnabled() { locationManager.delegate = self locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyNearestTenMeters locationManager.startUpdatingLocation() } Then in CLLocationManagerDelegate method you … Read more
I ended up solving my own problem. Apparently in iOS 8 SDK, requestAlwaysAuthorization (for background location) or requestWhenInUseAuthorization (location only when foreground) call on CLLocationManager is needed before starting location updates. There also needs to be NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription or NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription key in Info.plist with a message to be displayed in the prompt. Adding these solved my … Read more