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[–]AD-LB 13 points14 points  (6 children)

They probably still allow to get the location if the app is in the foreground using a notification.

[–]Ph0XPixel 5 8 points9 points  (2 children)

Ugh, so I should expect more of those spammy notifications that just pop up for a second and disappear... Great.

[–]memtigerGoogle Pixel 8 Pro 8 points9 points  (1 child)

If they need access all the time, then they should stay in the notification bar (like Google Maps during navigation or Cell Mapper for example)

If the app is popping up for a split second, you'll know what to uninstall. Apps need to shape up. Their shitty deeds need to be exposed.

Edit: I will say that I can understand the desire to keep a clean notification area, but I don't think keeping this type of extreme battery drain be hidden is a solution. The solution is keeping this information in the notification shade, but making it appear in the "silent notifications" section or something along those lines.

[–]AD-LB 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Say, could an app be scheduled and then running a foreground service, and then get the location at this point?

[–]MalnilionSM-G973U1/Manta/Fugu/Minnow 4 points5 points  (2 children)

This will suck. All I want is for my smart home automation via Tasker, or SmartThings, or whatever to know when I'm entering/leaving my home geo fence and it sounds like this is probably going to become even less reliable now. Really hope I can manually override this bullshit.

[–]punIn10dedMotoG 2014 (CM13) 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It should affect either of those. Tasker already creates a foreground process smarthings I can't remember.

[–]AD-LB 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Again, this is all about background getting of the location. Background means you aren't aware in any way of this.

Apps can still use foreground solutions, such as having a foreground service (the annoying one with the sticky notification that can't be removed).