React-native-background-geolocation: Can schedule be used on iOS as well?

[JAStanton]

Can #schedule method be used on iOS?
If so what's happening under the covers to wake up the app?
When schedule runs will the entire JS boot up?

I switch between two configs "active" and "passive". Where "passive" config is set up to track location less frequently, and "active" at a much higher rate. This is a truck fleet situation where sometimes the driver will be on a job, sometimes they wont. I know when they will be and would like to schedule when the app wakes up and changes it's config. Is this a good use case for schedule?

[christocracy]

I return from vacation next week.

[JAStanton]

Hey @christocracy I filed 3 issues last couple of days. PLEASE don't look at them until you're off vacation, I'm not expecting you took read them or respond until you're back!! :) enjoy and relax!

[christocracy]

The Android scheduler is much more precise than iOS. Android uses AlarmManager to schedule wake-ups and generally fires on-the-minute.

iOS, however, is much more strict with background operation. The iOS scheduler relies on background-fetch events, whose frequency is completely determined by iOS but typically fire often even 15 minutes. The iOS plugin will evaluate the schedule:

• Whenever a fetch event occurs.
• App is brought to foreground / moved to background.
• Whenever a location is recorded.