persistent notification / status tray icon

[kub1x]

I’ve been pointed towards “foreground service” on Android. Not sure, if there is iOS alternative.

Asked but not answered here:

Foreground service with Expo - possible? Necessary for my use case?

My app requires a feature similar to Uber when the car is on its way (there’s a permanent notification, and frequent updates on the third party location). I believe that I need a foreground service to do this (see Services overview  |  Android Developers). Assuming that foreground service is indeed the way to do this, I believe that Expo doesn’t support them, and RN does via Headless JS. Is this correct? Anything else worth knowing about the topic? I found surprisingly little online, but perhaps…