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I don't think background location works anymore. My GPS logger I use for cycling gets killed after about 20 minutes if it isn't the currently open app when I turn off the screen.


This is not Android thing (yet). Just some vendors, start killing apps in the background. However this is developers nightmare, as they can't deliver consistent experience across all devices. IMO background tracking (with all restrictions, killing...) should be handled directly by AndroidOS, not by vendors. Checkout https://dontkillmyapp.com


I'm on a nexus 5x with lineage os. Maybe LOS added something but it tends to be close to vanilla android.


Have you turned off "battery optimazation" for it? Otherwise do that sthan it should work.

But ye, there should be a "grant location this once" option.




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