Periodically Send Location Updates Using Fusedlocation Api

Android programming is a brand new thing to me, i've been playing with android's location and i have a same issue, im going to send a periodic location updates to a server in backg

Solution 1:

Per the LocationRequest documentation:

In between these two extremes is a very common use-case, where applications definitely want to receive updates at a specified interval, and can receive them faster when available, but still want a low power impact. These applications should consider PRIORITY_BALANCED_POWER_ACCURACY combined with a faster setFastestInterval(long) (such as 1 minute) and a slower setInterval(long) (such as 60 minutes). They will only be assigned power blame for the interval set by setInterval(long), but can still receive locations triggered by other applications at a rate up to setFastestInterval(long). This style of request is appropriate for many location aware applications, including background usage. Do be careful to also throttle setFastestInterval(long) if you perform heavy-weight work after receiving an update - such as using the network.

This allows you to guarantee you'll get location updates based on the interval you set with setInterval(long), giving you the equivalent behavior to a periodic alarm, but if other apps request location information, you may get location information as often as your setFastestInterval(long) - you can set your fastest interval to your interval if you just want location updates at a set interval.