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Geofencing

Geofencing is a very battery efficient setup for most background applications.
While similar to GPS listeners, it differs by operating in a non-immediate, non-precise way for dealing with entry/exit into a specified area.

Features

Section titled “Features”
  • Fallback to standard GPS when Google Play Services is not available (please make sure to read GPS documentation for additional setup)

Setup

Section titled “Setup”
Shiny.Locations
Shiny.Hosting.Maui

Setup

Section titled “Setup”

Creating a Background Listener (Delegate)

Section titled “Creating a Background Listener (Delegate)”
public class MyGeofenceDelegate : Shiny.Locations.IGeofenceDelegate
{
    public Task OnStatusChanged(GeofenceState newStatus, GeofenceRegion region)
    {
        // do something here - iOS only gives you about 4 seconds to finish (plus whatever it took to initialize to get here)
    }
}

Samples

Section titled “Samples”