Significant-Change Location Service not working properly on iOS 15

App & System Services Maps & Location
subster OP
Created Nov ’21
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We’re expiriencing problems with the location service since the release of iOS 15. We’re mainly using the «Significant-Change Location Service » to get updates if someone moved some distance. For users with iOS 14 or lower, everything seems to work normally.

The behavior under iOS 15 is extremely strange. For many users, it seems to work as before and there are regular location updates. For others, there is exactly one location update after the installation. For others, the location updates no longer work after 1-2 days.

I have two test devices that no longer receive location updates. If the device is restarted or the location services are turned off and on again, everything works again often again for a few hours or days and stops again.

At the moment we are also testing a new release. Where everything works fine in the simulator, but on real devices the location updates do not work either.

Does anyone have similar problems with iOS 15 and the Location Services or even a solution for the problem.

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Onit OP
Nov ’21

I have the same issue.

There seem to be 3 constellations:  

  1. users are not affected by the problem at all (best case).
  2. the delivery of events in the background is unreliable compared to iOS 14.
  3. no events are delivered in the background (worst case).

  It looks like this is a bug in the context of the new Focus Mode of iOS 15 and/or the App Switcher.

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Onit OP
Nov ’21

Did you already file a bug report via Feedback app to Apple?

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subster OP
Nov ’21

Thanks for your feedback. I just reported the bug.

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rsbepvb OP
Nov ’21

Curious about any fixes here. We are experiencing similar problems with location services being terminated if the App is force terminated, but continuing to work if only backgrounded.

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Panneerjan2 OP
Nov ’21

I'm also facing the same issue, location service stops working after 1-2 days, As checked with the apple developer suggest met to go with "location push service extension" https://developer.apple.com/documentation/corelocation/cllocationmanager/creating_a_location_push_service_extension

But in my case, I need to continuously track location in the killing state. Does any solution please?

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henfar OP
Nov ’21

Same issue here. Region and significant location monitoring are not working as expected on iOS 15.

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AppleDev123 OP
Nov ’21

CoreLocation startMonitoringForRegion and startMonitoringSignificantLocationChanges no longer restart terminated app in iOS 15. I can confirm with my own app and other similar apps. This makes my app unreliable. If you have this issue, please submit a bug report to Apple. If we have more bug reports with the same category, Apple might pay more attention to it. Please note that it is still not fixed in iOS 15.2 beta 3.

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guenther OP
Nov ’21

finally first sorry about my not perfect english. i've the same problem. sometimes it will work for one-two days and then again not for a week. i don't change the settings between working an not working. also the notificatins will not recieved permanent. before ios 15 everything work normally.

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DavidSan OP
Nov ’21

Hello everyone, It is the same for me , the location service doesn’t work in background since IOS 15 . If you look commentary on DS CAM and NEST app in AppStore you see that is a bug for some people.

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clarauso OP
Nov ’21

Hi, we are experiencing a similar issue with a location-based app that records car trips (so we use background location and request for significant location updates via CLLocationManager). Also in our case users with iOS 14 seems not to be affected. Bug reported in FB9789173.

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Onit OP
Dec ’21

Philips Hue reported the same issue yesterday on their Hue blog: https://hueblog.com/2021/11/30/ios-15-causes-geofencing-problems-with-philips-hue/

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idmindsea OP
Dec ’21

Just so I can track the history of this problem, I'm seeing the same thing in a client app. Locations work fine in iOS 14.x, but behaviour is terribly inconsistent in 15.x. I don't have any workarounds at the moment.

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Mathias_ OP
Dec ’21

I came in here to look for exactly this.

We have an app with a Geofence function, and since IOS15, it happens that the app just stops getting geofence triggers after a couple of days without opening the app.

if you just open and shut the app down, the geofences start coming in again.

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Onit OP
Dec ’21

The bug unfortunately still occurs with iOS 15.2 beta 4 for me. How does it look for the others?

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DavidSan OP
Dec ’21

Hello , something’s new with 15.2 RC ?

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