Location streaming onto Live Activity

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John-Doe OP

Created Jun ’25

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Hello forum,

I want to keep my app running in the background after user swaps up, for the purpose of workout tracking.

start up the task and continuously receipt GPS updates
process the location data
show the data on a live activity

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Strava
paddlelogger

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Does this mean, these two apps would just pause when the .backgroundTimeRemaining becomes 0?
How does a workout app "work" in background mode, do I need to handle budget running out?

Answered by Engineer in 841854022

While we cannot comment on how other apps may have implemented their solutions, if you want your app to be able to continue receiving location updates after the user force closes it (which is what assume you mean by user swaps up), you would want to look at implementing your app using CLBackgroundActivitySession

If you are specifically asking about watchOS Workout apps, you can use a Workout Session as long as your app is a workout app, which will give you background runtime as explained in the link I provided.

Argun Tekant /  DTS Engineer / Core Technologies

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Engineer OP

Apple

Jun ’25

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While we cannot comment on how other apps may have implemented their solutions, if you want your app to be able to continue receiving location updates after the user force closes it (which is what assume you mean by user swaps up), you would want to look at implementing your app using CLBackgroundActivitySession

If you are specifically asking about watchOS Workout apps, you can use a Workout Session as long as your app is a workout app, which will give you background runtime as explained in the link I provided.

Argun Tekant /  DTS Engineer / Core Technologies

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John-Doe OP

Jun ’25

yes, my app is a workout app. The workout session link didn't work for me. Could you paste the URL as txt?

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