Android, Get The Location When The Screen Is Off

I use a started service with the fused api, and implement the location listener directly on it. The Location keeps updating even when the screen is locked, But it stops if the scre

Solution 1:

I'm not sure I have your answer but since you're 9 days in with nothing I'll give some suggestions.

My app is doing what you would like to do. I use a long running started Service to keep location updated even when the phone is off.

The difference most likely to cause different behavior between your code & mine is the return from onStartCommand(). You are returning START_STICKY. This is the recommended return for something like this:

This mode makes sense for things that will be explicitly started and stopped to run for arbitrary periods of time, such as a service performing background music playback.

However, I'm sending info in the Intent that I needed to have redelivered so I'm returning START_REDELIVER_INTENT. Try this (even if you have no need to redeliver any data) to see if it fixes your problem.

Also, I didn't need WakeLock in my implementation. Maybe your implementation needs this though. Have you tried without it?

Edit: Lastly, what kind of device are you using? link