Background Location Service Oreo

Question

I am trying to find a solution for my problem. The problem is that I am trying to start a background service in Oreo in order to retrieve locations. I have seen this: https://developer.android.com/about/versions/oreo/background-location-limits but I am trying to find a solution for this.

When I startforeground service I see this: (IllegalStateException: Not allowed to start service) exception, because I am trying to retrieve locations for the next 3 minutes

Welcome to Stack Overflow! Adding a [mcve] to your question would probably help you to get better answers. — anothernode, May 07 '18 at 09:15
Using a foreground service is **not** a solution in many cases. — Can Poyrazoğlu, Sep 20 '18 at 00:49

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 29 '18 at 15:21

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The correct answer is that we cannot start a foreground service in SDK>= Oreo, because Android tries to improve the life battery. So the system kills any service (either Background or Foreground).

answered May 29 '18 at 15:21

Kyriakos Tsakmalis

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Background Location Service Oreo

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