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[Krzysztof Tataradziński <ktatar156@xxxxxxxxx>]

@Thomas,


2016-02-29 16:38 GMT+01:00 Thomas Voß <thomas.voss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> We will introduce an API for applications that allows
> navigation/tracker apps to enable monitoring of positions. ETA is OTA
> 11, OTA 10 is too close right now.
> Exposure to Qt/QML will happen similar to the BlackBerry backends,
> with a property "monitor" on the position source.
>

Summarizing - there will be features allowing to get GPS location even app
is in background or while screen is off (like music apps can play media
while screen is off)?
Is there any bugs/feature request reported at Launchpad, that we can track
progress?


>
> @Satellite visibility updates: Those will also likely land in OTA 11.
> A silo with the changes on the Ubuntu side is available, but we also
> need to land changes to
> the Android side of things.
>
> Cheers,
>
>   Thomas
>
> On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 8:31 PM, Krzysztof Tataradziński
> <ktatar156@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > could anyone from Canonical give us the official statement about getting
> > location updates in background/while screen is off?
> > I know, for now there is no possibility to do that; and we all know that
> is
> > blocking a lot of apps to be more useful or to save battery life (sport
> > trackers or navi apps should have possibility to work with screen turned
> off
> > - very useful on long distances (by auto turning screen on (like Google
> > Maps) only if there is a need)). I've e-mailed one guy about his app and
> he
> > told me that he will continue developing his app when features mentioned
> > before will be available. I found some bug here
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-application-lifecycle/+bug/1502078
> > but there isn't any milestone set.
> > So Canonical/Ubuntu Team, please tell us is there any plan to implement
> > that? If Yes, is there any approximated deadline for that?
> >
> > Second question regarding GPS - is there any way to get detailed info
> about
> > location? I mean data like satellites that our phone 'catched' and their
> > position. Is that also in scope of Canonical/Ubuntu team?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Krzysztof Tataradziński
> > https://launchpad.net/~ktatar156
> >
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