The plan is to release this via the F-Droid app catalogue. This version will use other providers for maps, geocoding and location and is currently in development. Resolving coordinates to addresses (an alterative Geocoding service can be configured)Ī separate "flavour" of OwnTracks called "OSS" aims to remove this dependency for people that can't or prefer not to use Google Play Services.Google Play Services are required to use OwnTracks that's distributed on the Google Play Store.
#ANDROID TASKER ANDROID#
On these devices, Owntracks might be killed even though it behaves according to the official Android background execution limits.Ī list of vendors known to interfer with background apps and a number of workarounds can be found at Don’t kill my app!.
Most importantly, network access and background jobs are restricted to certain time slots. Since Android 6 and higher, the operating systems enforces stricter restrictions for apps running in the background. General Restrictions on Android 6 and higher.