Getting Accuracy more than 100

[toufiqpathan]

Your Environment

Plugin version: 4.12.0 Platform:Android OS version: 13 Device manufacturer / model: Google / checking in simulator (sdk_gphone_x86_64) Cordova version (cordova -v): 12.0.0 Cordova platform version (cordova platform ls):android 12.0.0 Plugin config provided to #ready:

• Plugin config provided to #ready:

  bgGeo.ready({
              reset: true,
              debug: false,
              logLevel: bgGeo.LOG_LEVEL_OFF,
              desiredAccuracy: bgGeo.DESIRED_ACCURACY_HIGH,
              distanceFilter: 10,
              allowIdenticalLocations: true,
              autoSync: true,
              stopOnTerminate: false,
              //startOnBoot: true
          }, function(state) {
              var deferred = $.Deferred();   // <-- Current state provided to #configure callback
  
              deferred.done(function () {
                     var stopdeferred = $.Deferred();
                      stopdeferred.done(function () {
                          var backgroundInterval = 5000;
                          if(localStorage.getItem("isBackgroundMode") == "true"){
                              backgroundInterval = 45000;
                          }
                          bgGeo.watchPosition((location) => {
                        //  console.log("LOCATION:::::", JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(location)))
                          self.geoLocationSuccess(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(location)));
                          },(error) => {
                        //   console.log("LOCATION error:::::", JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(error)))
                          },{interval:backgroundInterval,  persist: false});
                      });
                      bgGeo.stopWatchPosition().then(function (){
                          stopdeferred.resolve();
                      }).catch(err => {
                          stopdeferred.resolve();
                      });
  
              });
              // 3.  Start tracking
              console.log('BackgroundGeolocation is configured and ready to use',JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(state)));
              // if (window.cordova.platformId == 'android') {
              //     console.log("IN ANDROID::::");
             state.enabled = false;
             // }
             console.log("ENABLE STATUS:::::",state.enabled)
              if (!state.enabled) {
                  bgGeo.start().then(function() {
                  console.log('- BackgroundGeolocation tracking started');
                  Logs.logWrite('[INFO] - BackgroundGeolocation tracking started');
                 // self.geoLocationSuccess(isLocationDetails);
  
                 deferred.resolve();
  
              }).catch(err => {
                  console.log("IN ERROR OF START BGO::::", err);
                  deferred.resolve();
              });
              } 
  
          });

Expected Behavior

Actual Behavior

Steps to Reproduce

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Context

watchPosition is returning High accuracy more than 100, do we need to anything with the plugin?

Debug logs

Logs

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[toufiqpathan]

Hi @christocracy any update on this

[christocracy]

.watchPosition automatically requests the highest possible accuracy from the native location api.

You're aware that gps only works outdoors, right? While indoors, expect accuracy of 40-100 meters.

[christocracy]

.watchPosition should be avoided. It's designed for short periods while in the foreground. It's not designed for long periods in the background. .watchPosition is not required

[toufiqpathan]

Intested of .watchposition what we have to use to get the current location of the user for every one minute

[christocracy]

You can't have the location every minute (while the device is sitting stationary). .watchPosition is going to empty the user's battery in a few hours and the user is going to uninstall your app.

For periodic location, use background-fetch.

[toufiqpathan]

Ok thanks.

[christocracy]

Imagine the battery drain following a driving route in a Map app for several hours: that's what .watchPosition is going to do.