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State

Read-only snapshot of the SDK's current runtime state.

Properties
Property Type Description
enabled Boolean Whether the SDK is currently tracking.
isMoving Boolean Whether the device is currently in motion.
trackingMode TrackingMode Current tracking mode: LOCATION or GEOFENCE.
odometer Double Distance travelled in metres since last reset.
schedulerEnabled Boolean Whether the scheduler is currently active.
didDeviceReboot Boolean Whether the device rebooted since the SDK was last running.

Members

activity

Motion recognition, stop-detection triggers, and motion-trigger delay. See ActivityConfig.

app

App lifecycle — background operation, boot behaviour, headless mode, and foreground notification. See AppConfig.

authorization

JWT and SAS token management with automatic refresh. See AuthorizationConfig.

didDeviceReboot

true when the app was launched after a device reboot.

didLaunchInBackground

iOS only true when the app was relaunched in the background by the OS — for example, due to a background fetch, geofence exit, or stationary geofence transition. On Android, background launch is handled by the Headless Task mechanism — this property does not apply.

enabled

true when the SDK is actively tracking — i.e. BackgroundGeolocation.start or BackgroundGeolocation.startGeofences has been called and not yet stopped.

geolocation

Accuracy, sampling, elasticity, stop-detection, permissions, and geofencing. See GeoConfig.

http

Upload URL, HTTP method, sync cadence, batching, headers, and params. See HttpConfig.

isFirstBoot

true on the very first launch after the app is installed.

isMoving

true when the SDK is in the moving state (location services active); false when stationary.

logger

Debug logging, log level, and log retention. See LoggerConfig.

odometer

Accumulated distance traveled since the last odometer reset, in meters.

See also - odometerError - BackgroundGeolocation.setOdometer - BackgroundGeolocation.getOdometer

odometerError

Accumulated positional error in the odometer measurement, in meters.

Reflects noise introduced by low-accuracy location samples. Use LocationFilter.odometerAccuracyThreshold to filter out low-accuracy samples from odometer calculations.

persistence

SQLite storage, TTL, record limits, and custom extras. See PersistenceConfig.

reset

Controls whether the SDK resets to factory defaults before applying this configuration. Defaults to true.

When true (the default), every call to BackgroundGeolocation.ready applies the supplied Config on top of fresh defaults. When false, the SDK applies the supplied Config only on the first install. On subsequent launches it ignores the Config argument entirely — the only way to change settings is via BackgroundGeolocation.setConfig.

Warning

During development, always leave reset: true (or omit it). Setting reset: false causes the SDK to ignore your Config after the first launch, so configuration changes made between development builds will not take effect.

schedulerEnabled

true when a AppConfig.schedule is configured and BackgroundGeolocation.startSchedule has been called. BackgroundGeolocation.stopSchedule sets this to false.

trackingMode

Current tracking mode.

Value Mode Description
0 Geofences Geofence monitoring only — no active location tracking.
1 Location Location tracking and geofence monitoring.

transistorAuthorizationToken

Convenience option that automatically configures the SDK to upload locations to the Transistor Software demo server at tracker.transistorsoft.com, or a local instance of background-geolocation-console.

Setting this option automatically sets HttpConfig.url and the required AuthorizationConfig values. See TransistorAuthorizationService for how to obtain a token.