Android Question GPS service gets paused

[chrjak]

Hey,

I'm having a problem with GPS. It's in a service (started in foreground) and everything works. The Service normally doesn't get killed.

But some days ago i noticed a big problem.
My Phone had about 15% battery and when i locked my phone the service got paused. Not killed and it resumed immediately after unlocking my screen but that mustn't happen. It's for recording the location and when my screen was locked there were no points saved. How to solve that? Or better. Why does this happen?

Best Regards

 

[Erel]

You should use PhoneWakeState to acquire a partial lock.

 

[chrjak]

You mean to disable the lock? Well a lock would be very useful as some users track over hours and their battery will break down with screen on...

 

[chrjak]

Sorry for pushing but this is important :/

 

[Erel]

As I wrote you should acquire a partial lock if you want to prevent the CPU from sleeping.