UWP background task location tracking

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I'm trying to develop an UWP app that is able to continually track the user's location in an in-process background task. I've been looking at the Microsoft sample code on GitHub (geolocation / Secenario3_BackgroundTask) but the problem there is that it is based on a TimeTrigger. The shortest interval that TimeTrigger allows is 15 minutes, but I need to get location updates much more frequently. Let's say at least once per minute. Is that possible at all?

I've seen that there is a LocationTrigger but there's not much documentation for it. I don't understand when this trigger gets fired. In my tests, it never got fired.

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LocationTrigger is used for Geofencing, it is triggered when a mobile device enters or leaves a particular area.

As you say, TimeTrigger is not good for your requirement because it has an interval of 15 minutes at the minimum.

Windows 10 introduces a new mechanism called extended execution. Location tracking is one of the supported scenarios in which you ask the OS to keep your app running when another app is switched to the foreground.

This is a sample for your.