flutter_background_geolocation 1.0.0-beta.1

The most sophisticated background location-tracking & geofencing module with battery-conscious motion-detection intelligence for iOS and Android.

Change Log

[1.0.0-beta.1] - 2019-02-27

• [Changed] Major refactor of Android Service architecture. The SDK no longer requires a foreground-service active at all times. The foreground-service (and cooresponding persistent notification) will only be active while the SDK is in the moving state. No breaking dart api changes.
• [Changed] Improved Android debug notifications.

[0.3.4] - 2019-02-12

• [Changed] Update Gradle install docs.
• [Changed] Refactor Headless setup docs.
• [Added] New Config persistMode. Allows one to determine exactly which events get persisted (geofences, locations, all or none).

[0.3.3] - 2019-02-08

• [Fixed] Fixed bug in Android Headless event BOOT not receiving State data.
• [Changed] Changed the mechanism of storing Android Headless callback IDs to put them into SharedPreferences rather than relying upon existence as static class vars.
• [Fixed] Incorrect event-data provided to Headless motionchange event.
• [Fixed] Spell-check docs.

[0.3.2] - 2019-01-31

• [Changed] Changed new Android DeviceSettings API to first send a request to native API, offering the developer a chance to show a Dialog to the user with instructions.

[0.3.1] - 2019-01-30

• [Fixed] Constrain device_info dependency version.

[0.3.0] - 2019-01-30

• [Added] New schedule feature for specifying "location+geofence" tracking or "geofence-only" in any schedule period. See docs for Config.schedule.
• [Added] New DeviceSettings API for querying if Android app is ignoring battery optimization, in addition to methods for redirecting to "Ignore Battery Optimziations" settings screen. Also introduces a method DeviceSettings.showPowerManager method for showing vendor-specific "Power Management" screen (eg: Huawei Settings->Battery->Launch).

bool isIgnoring = await DeviceSettings.isIgnoringBatteryOptimizations;
if (!isIgnoring) {
  // Show Android "Ignore Battery Optimizations" settings screen.
  DeviceSettings.showIgnoreBatteryOptimizations();
}

// Show Android vendor-specific "Power Manager" device settings screen (eg: Huawei)
DeviceSettings.showPowerManager();

• [Changed] Loosen device_info dependency version to allow >=2.0.0.

[0.2.4] - 2019-01-12

• [Changed] Update device_info dependency -> 0.3.0.
• [Changed] Android Service: Return START_STICKY instead of START_REDELIVER_INTENT.
• [Changed] Android: setShowBadge(false) on Android NotificationChannel. Some users reporting that Android shows a badge-count on app icon when service is started / stopped.
• [Fixed] Android NPE in watchPosition
• [Added] Added method getProviderState for querying current state of location-services.
• [Added] Added method requestPermission for manually requesting location-permission (#start, #getCurrentPosition, #watchPosition etc, will already automatically request permission.

[0.2.3]

• [Changed] Upgrade Android logger dependency to latest version (logback).
• [Fixed] Prevent Android foreground-service from auto-starting when location permission is revoked via Settings screen.
• [Fixed] NPE in Android HTTP Service when manual sync is called. Probably a threading issue with multiple sync operations executed simultaneously.

[0.2.2] - 2018-11-21

• [Fixed] Android headless callback ids can be of Class Long vs Integer when assemble for release vs debug. Very odd, but added class-detection code.

[0.2.1] - 2018-11-21

• [Fixed] Android headless configuration was setting incorrect headlessJobService class name.
• [Fixed] Android onActivityTerminate listener was incorrectly sending a signal to the native library when location permission activity was closed, incorrectly sending a signal that the app was terminated. This would remove all event-listeners.
• [Added] Android SDK 28 requires new permission to use foreground-service.
• [Fixed] Do not calculate odometer with geofence events. Android geofence event's location timestamp does not correspond with the actual time the geofence fires since Android is performing some heuristics in the background to ensure the potential geofence event is not a false positive. The actual geofence event can fire some minutes in the future (ie: the location timestamp will be some minutues in the past). Using geofence location in odometer calculations will corrupt the odometer value.
• [Fixed] Android could not dynamically update the locationTemplate / geofenceTemplate without #stop and application restart.
• [Fixed] Android startGeofences after revoking & re-granting permission would fail to launch the plugin's Service.

[0.2.0] - 2018-11-12

• [Changed] Include background_fetch as an external dependency rather than including iOS TSBackgroundFetch.framework directly (this was always the plan).
• [Changed] In example, import flutter_map (Leaflet) instead of google_map (too buggy and not ready).

[0.1.7] - 2018-10-17

• [Fixed] Issue #8. Could not modify button-text of locationAuthorizationAlert after #ready.

[0.1.6] - 2018-10-01

• [Changed] Refactor Android Headless mechanism. Got rid of Android JobScheduler mechanism with more direct EventBus. JobScheduler events were subject to Android time-slicing, causing headless events to arrive late.

[0.1.5] - 2018-09-25

• [Fixed] warnings reported by Flutter publisher.

[0.1.4] - 2018-09-25

• [Added] Android Headless mode. See docs for enableHeadless.
• [Added] an "event list" screen to "AdvancedApp" example.
• [Added] error callback for BackgroundGeolocation.onLocation.
• [Fixed] Issue #5 podspec property s.static_framework = true to allow the plugin to work in apps where use_frameworks! directive is applied in Podfile (Thanks to @vova-beloded).

[0.1.3] - 2018-09-20

• Implementing Dart-style docs with dartdoc
• Re-organize /lib dir; remove /src folder (hides classes from dartdoc).

[0.1.2] - 2018-09-17

• Implementing advanced example app.
• Fix missing removeListener methods for enabledchange, connectivitychange
• Implement destroyLog
• Implement instrumented testing in example/test_driver. See examples/scripts/test.sh
• Fix warnings.

[0.1.1] - 2018-09-15

• Implementing advanced example app.
• Fix bug in getGeofences

[0.1.0] - 2018-09-13

• First working beta release.

[0.0.1] - 2018-07-07

• Reserve namespace. Plugin not yet implemented.