It (theoretically) works without PlayServices. I’m on CalyxOS with MicroG enabled and while I was testing OwnTracks I think MicroG was using the Gplay Location services or something? I’ve since turned something off in MicroG location settings that was phoning home to Google and GPS is pretty bad now, not sure if OwnTracks would still be usable.
I think the official app tries to not be killed by Android woth the usual tricks (permanent notification, disabling battery optimisation):
You can (theoretically) control how often locations are tracked and sent but for me was using the location service constantly and draining battery quite a bit.
the official app tries to not be killed by Android woth the usual tricks (permanent notification, disabling battery optimisation)
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You can (theoretically) control how often locations are tracked and sent but for me was using the location service constantly and draining battery quite a bit.
Ah. Those are exactly what I was worried about. It’s not able to just happen entirely in the background the same way Google’s feature does, then? Kind of automagically?
It (theoretically) works without PlayServices. I’m on CalyxOS with MicroG enabled and while I was testing OwnTracks I think MicroG was using the Gplay Location services or something? I’ve since turned something off in MicroG location settings that was phoning home to Google and GPS is pretty bad now, not sure if OwnTracks would still be usable.
I think the official app tries to not be killed by Android woth the usual tricks (permanent notification, disabling battery optimisation):
https://f-droid.org/packages/org.owntracks.android
You can (theoretically) control how often locations are tracked and sent but for me was using the location service constantly and draining battery quite a bit.
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Ah. Those are exactly what I was worried about. It’s not able to just happen entirely in the background the same way Google’s feature does, then? Kind of automagically?