NSLocation - No-Sweat Location Service for iOS

Collecting locations at specified interval and accuracy even when the app is in background mode.

iOS location service can be pain-in-the-ass to work with, especially when your app wants to collect location while in background. This package is to provide a No-Sweat way to accomplish it while minimizing battery consumption.

How to use it

Enable backround mode in Info.plist

Add entries to Info.plist as shown in

Add the following to your code

...
import CoreLocation
import NSLocation
...

    // In your ViewController
    var locationMgr : NSLocation?

    ...

    // turn on NSLocation
    self.locationMgr = NSLocation(desiredAccuracy: kCLLocationAccuracyNearestTenMeters, desiredInterval: 60.0*10)
    self.locationMgr!.start(self)

    ...

    // turn off NSLocation
    self.locationMgr!.stop()
    self.locationMgr = nil

    ...

    // Delegate to receive location update
    func locationManager(manager: CLLocationManager, didUpdateLocations locations: [CLLocation]) {

      // Your location processing code here

    }

How to test it

• Open Example/NSLocationExample/ in your xcode.
• In xcode choose NSLocationExample scheme.
• Run it in an iOS device.
• In "Auto Location" tab, switch on the toggle on the top-left corner to activate location service