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[Thomas Voß <thomas.voss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 10:31 AM, Krzysztof Tataradziński
<ktatar156@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> @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?
>

Sure, as pointed out in one of my first responses: We are working on
enabling the respective
functionality for location updates. You want to track:

  * https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-application-lifecycle/+bug/1502078
  * https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/location-service/+bug/1536773

Cheers,

  Thomas

>>
>>
>> @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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