-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Dave,
Thank you for the information. I'll try the suggested way in the next few days. But it's sound very complicated to find a possible solution for the type of my app. I guess some rules (sleep, lock, stay on) for an app would be helpful. Thanks, Ralph On 20.04.2015 11:08, Dave Morley wrote: > On Sun, 19 Apr 2015 16:22:54 -0400 Rodney Dawes > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Not currently, no. In the future, when background processing is >> available in some form, there should be a way for your app to get >> some data and process it, from the system service, in the >> background, though. I don't know when that will be possible, >> however. >> >> Until then, the only way to have continuous processing for your >> app, is to ensure it is in the foreground, and the screen does >> not lock. The latter can be set by changing the screen timeout to >> Never in System Settings. This is something the person using your >> app would have to enable on their phone though, and they would >> also need to take care to keep the app in the foreground. >> >> >> On Sun, 2015-04-19 at 20:02 +0200, rpsoft wrote: >>> Hi Rodney, >>> >>> Thanks for clarification. The name of my app is "BikeMap". So, >>> is there any chance to prevent my app from pause if the screen >>> is locked ? >>> >>> Regards, Ralph >>> >>> On 19.04.2015 19:35, Rodney Dawes wrote: >>>> What is your app? GPS itself remains active, as it is a >>>> system service, but when the screen is locked your app will >>>> be paused, so it will not be able to receive or perform any >>>> updates. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, 2015-04-19 at 16:53 +0200, rpsoft wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I took again some tests with my app these days. >>>>> Unfortunately seems the gps device going to sleep while the >>>>> phone is locked. It has worked fine some month ago. >>>>> Currently I'm on the stable channel, Nexus 4 and I can't >>>>> track any gps data anymore if the phone is locked. Any >>>>> ideas how do I can prevent this ? >>>>> >>>>> Thank you. Regards, Ralph >>>> >> > > Gps was turned off during sleep and non-active apps (ie background > apps) due to the fact that it was a constant drain on the battery. > This improved battery considerably but makes things like this not > work. There is one solution which is to keep your screen on and the > app active then you will keep gps active. "powerd-cli display on" > or something along those lines. This will drain the battery > considerably. The other might be a fix in the rules that currently > turn off gps so that you can have it on all the time. Thomas Voss > might be able to help you with that. I have CC'd him in the > email. > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEbBAEBAgAGBQJVNSWOAAoJEPvI2+9QzMhjh2UH+PXajPUw5wLkd99U/XfMWwbR NRAZdNd+AgoVhPDuF8gRQgQQPrfxou7h2w2xrKZIKYMsmvhCCokrkqmHZBS6krd+ IJc2BVqM2PXjlXwE2VQ+yRSuYZJ84gg/FZXLwtk6uHUN9dO5eBbmEuFz2fhXQPvC FKUL8OWVkhk17WGv00FBezK7Lgm4qqyev+uTVuVSkKBWQEifZ5Majf+mattOFPP6 aIULWmwRTjuQZHq8K8irhBxr+TzvNT8/ztRLgyV1g8HrW59n9alW/WfFXZFXUGzA aahgEyTg5gNpEaBqrLSiDoedgpt0mBLeHRsB743AFXshq130Wh00Uump0K2x1Q== =cUgO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
