iOS7.1 LocationManager pausing when entering background (works in 7.0)

Question

Slightly confused on this one so I broke it down to a test app.

Simple singleton handling locationManager. I have turned on location support in the background under capabilities. Map is also enabled.

The location manager is running all the time but as soon as I put the application in to the background, it pauses.

I have read many posts about people trying to start location manager in the background, but mine is already running. I assumed by enabling it under capabilities, it would continue to run in the background. As soon as the app resumes, so does location manager.

Do I need to start looking in to beginBackgroundTaskWithExpirationHandler?

UPDATE

The code works in 7.06 and not 7.1.1? what did they change?

Answer 1

I believe you must set your applications background modes to allow location updates. To do this edit your apps .plist file and add "location" as a "Required background mode" see the Apple docs for more background modes (here)

Answer 2

in appDelegete.m

- (void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(UIApplication *)application
{
    [locationmanger startUpdatingLocation];//start your location update method here

//then add this code 
 backgroundTask = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] beginBackgroundTaskWithExpirationHandler:^{
        [self endBackgroundTask];
    }];
}

-(void) endBackgroundTask
{
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] endBackgroundTask:backgroundTask];
    backgroundTask = UIBackgroundTaskInvalid;
}

it will work now