[SDK 43] Foreground service of Background location dissapears and App crashes

[islam01]

Please provide the following:

1. SDK Version: 43
2. Platforms(Android/iOS/web/all):Android
3. Add the appropriate “Tag” based on what Expo library you have a question on.

Hello , i’ve been having trouble with background location crash and foreground service dissapearing from notification tray.

Testing on android 10 and 11 , on Redmi Phones

1 - Starting background location with the foreground service then killing the app will make the service dissapear .
2 - The App crashes at start if it was killed while background location is running :

• open the APP.
• start background location .
• close the app .
• wait for about 20 min
• start the app .
  it will crash .

The issues mentionned happens in SDK 43 ,

in SDK42 the app doesn’t crash but the foreground service dissapears and sometimes it appears again by itself .

Managed or bare workflow? If you have ios/ or android/ directories in your project, the answer is bare!

managed

What platform(s) does this occur on?

Android

SDK Version (managed workflow only)

43

Environment

Expo CLI 4.12.10 environment info:
System:
OS: Windows 10 10.0.19042
Binaries:
Node: 14.16.1 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
Yarn: 1.22.10 - ~\AppData\Roaming\npm\yarn.CMD
npm: 6.14.12 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
IDEs:
Android Studio: Version 2020.3.0.0 AI-203.7717.56.2031.7583922
npmPackages:
expo: ~43.0.0 => 43.0.2
react: 17.0.1 => 17.0.1
react-dom: 17.0.1 => 17.0.1
react-native: 0.64.2 => 0.64.2
react-native-web: 0.17.1 => 0.17.1
Expo Workflow: managed

Reproducible demo or steps to reproduce from a blank project

backgroundLocationTest.zip

This is a simple demo : ,

• just build an apk with expo build or eas build ,
• start the app , allow permissions and click the button
• quit the app .
  (issue 1) The foreground service dissapears .
• wait for about 20 or more minutes and try to start the app again .
  (issue 2) the App will stuck at splash screen . then it will launch again if you close and start

[adamjnav]

Hey @islam01, we’re going to focus our efforts on your github issue rather than this forum thread.

Cheers,
Adam

[islam01]

Awesome !