Here is the solution that I used to get continuous location from iOS 7 devices no matter it is in foreground or background. You may find the full solution and explanation from blog and also github:- Background Location Update Programming for iOS 7 and 8 Github Project: Background Location Update Programming for iOS 7 and … Read more
It seems that stopUpdatingLocation is what triggers the background watchdog timer, so I replaced it in didUpdateLocation with: [self.locationManager setDesiredAccuracy:kCLLocationAccuracyThreeKilometers]; [self.locationManager setDistanceFilter:99999]; which appears to effectively power down the GPS. The selector for the background NSTimer then becomes: – (void) changeAccuracy { [self.locationManager setDesiredAccuracy:kCLLocationAccuracyBest]; [self.locationManager setDistanceFilter:kCLDistanceFilterNone]; } All I’m doing is periodically toggling the accuracy … Read more