Android Location Update Interval Not Consistent

[sudesh-kumar-cse]

Your Environment

• Plugin version: 4.18.3
• Platform: Android
• OS version: Android 14
• Device manufacturer / model: Oneplus Nord CE3 LITE
• React Native version (react-native -v): 0.73.1
• Plugin config

try {
            const state = await BackgroundGeolocation.ready({

                // Core location settings
                desiredAccuracy: BackgroundGeolocation.DESIRED_ACCURACY_HIGH,
                distanceFilter: 0,
                locationUpdateInterval: 60000,
                fastestLocationUpdateInterval: 60000,
                locationTimeout: 30,

                // Background behavior
                stopOnTerminate: true,
                startOnBoot: false,



                // Foreground behavior
                foregroundService: true,
                notification: {
                    title: "Location Service",
                    text: "Location tracking is active",
                    channelId: "location",
                    channelName: "TSLocationManager",
                    icon: "ic_launcher",
                    sticky: true,
                    priority: BackgroundGeolocation.NOTIFICATION_PRIORITY_HIGH
                },
                enableHeadless: false,

                // Sync and storage settings
                autoSync: true,
                maxRecordsToPersist: 1,
                persistMode: BackgroundGeolocation.PERSIST_MODE_NONE,


                // Motion and battery settings
                disableStopDetection: true,
                pausesLocationUpdatesAutomatically: false,
                allowIdenticalLocations: true,

                // Heartbeat configuration
                heartbeatInterval: 60,

                // iOS specific settings
                preventSuspend: true,
                locationAuthorizationRequest: 'WhenInUse',
                activityType: BackgroundGeolocation.ACTIVITY_TYPE_OTHER,
                showsBackgroundLocationIndicator: false,
                disableLocationAuthorizationAlert: true,
                disableMotionActivityUpdates: true,

                // Debug settings
                debug: false,

            });

            if (!state.enabled && !isBackgroundLocationService) {
                isBackgroundLocationService = true;
                await BackgroundGeolocation.start();
            }
        } catch (error) {
        }
        
        
        BackgroundGeolocation.onLocation(async (location) => {
            console.log('====================================');
            console.log('LOCATION LISTNER', '\n', new Date().toString(), '\n', location?.coords);
        });
        
        BackgroundGeolocation.onHeartbeat(async () => {
            try {
                const location = await BackgroundGeolocation.getCurrentPosition({
                    samples: 1,
                    persist: false,
                    timeout: 30,
                    maximumAge: 5000,
                    desiredAccuracy: BackgroundGeolocation.DESIRED_ACCURACY_HIGH
                });
               console.log('====================================');
             console.log('HEARTBEAT LISTNER', '\n', new Date().toString(), '\n', location?.coords);
            } catch (error) {
                // Try to restart tracking on error
                try {
                    const state = await BackgroundGeolocation.getState();
                    if (!state.enabled) {
                        await BackgroundGeolocation.start();
                    }
                } catch (restartError) {
                }
            }
        });

Expected Behavior

The library should return the location every 1 minute on both Android and iOS, as per the configuration.

Actual Behavior

The location updates are working fine on iOS, as expected every minute. However, on Android, the updates are inconsistent, sometimes occurring at intervals of 40 seconds, 1.5 minutes, 2 minutes, or even longer.

[christocracy]

The location updates are working fine on iOS, as expected every minute.

iOS does not do time-based location-updates -- it strictly uses distance-based updates with distanceFilter.

However, on Android, the updates are inconsistent, sometimes occurring at intervals of 40 seconds, 1.5 minutes, 2 minutes, or even longer.

Android provides no guarantee that a location will be provided exactly every locationUpdateInterval.

[github-actions]

This issue is stale because it has been open for 30 days with no activity.