react-native-background-geolocation: App still use location data even after Background.stop() and then sometimes it crashed.

Your Environment

• Plugin version: 0.5.0
• Platform: Android
• OS version: Detected on android 7,8,9
• Device manufacturer and model: Samsung, LG, …

• Running in Simulator: No
• React Native version: 0.58.5
• Plugin configuration options:

    BackgroundGeolocation.configure({
        locationProvider: BackgroundGeolocation.DISTANCE_FILTER_PROVIDER,
        desiredAccuracy: BackgroundGeolocation.HIGH_ACCURACY,
        stationaryRadius: 3,
        debug: false,
        distanceFilter: 3,
        stopOnTerminate: true,
        startOnBoot: false,
        interval: 3000,
        fastestInterval: 3000,
        activitiesInterval: 3000,
        startForeground: false,
        notificationTitle: 'Tracking',
        notificationText': 'Tracking!",
        notificationsEnabled: false,
        pauseLocationUpdates: false,
        saveBatteryOnBackground: false,
        url: URL,
        postTemplate: this.generatePostTemplate(null)
});

    generatePostTemplate(customValue) {
        return {
            latitude: '@latitude',
            longitude: '@longitude',
            inputLoggedAt: '@time',
            accuracy: '@accuracy',
            customValue: customValue,
            os: 'Android'
        };
    }

    reConfigure = () => {
        // When user login, and when customValue changes,
        // I call this function to re-configure the geolocation configuration.
        const loginUser = this.rootStore.userStore.loginUser;
        const customValue = this.rootStore.customStore.customValue;
        const options: Partial<ConfigureOptions> = {};
        if (loginUser) {
            options.httpHeaders = {
                Authorization: `Token ${loginUser.authToken}`
            };
        }
        if (customValue) {
            options.postTemplate = this.generatePostTemplate(customValue);
        }
        BackgroundGeolocation.configure(options);
        if (customValue === null) {
            // I don't need geolocation tracking when customValue is null.
            BackgroundGeolocation.stop();
        }
    };

• Link to your project:

Context

What I need is tracking geolocation(foreground, background) only between I call BackgroundGeolocation.start, and stop. I don’t need sync location of failed data. Only the data between calling start and stop are all I need.

App works great when I start the app, start geolocation and stop geolocation. It works what I expected. However, after couple of hours while app is in background, even I never call BackgroundGeolocation.start(), app starts to use location data(There was a pin marker in android status bar, and when I terminated the app, it disappeared.) and then, app crash again and again.(When app crash, android alert modal appears and there were two selections. Close app, Send comment. Even I press close app, the modal appears again and again.) Also, there was a notification “Sync Location”. After I set “notificationEnabled” to false, the “Sync Location” notification disappear, but still app crash again and again after couple of hours.

I think app try to sync location even after I call BackgroundGeolocation.stop() and even I didn’t set syncUrl configuration. (The url I set in configuration always return 200, 201 status.)

Expected Behavior

App don’t track geolocation before I call start.

Actual Behavior

App use geolocation data and crash even I never call start.

Possible Fix

Steps to Reproduce

1. Start app(not even start geolocation)
2. go to background
3. after couple of hours

Context

Debug logs

This is a crash report. I think this crash report may be related.

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Not allowed to start service Intent { cmp=kr.oshare.alpaca/com.marianhello.bgloc.service.LocationServiceImpl (has extras) }: app is in background uid UidRecord{6c02e96 u0a240 CRE  bg:+4m26s253ms idle procs:1 proclist:19827, seq(0,0,0)}
    at android.app.ContextImpl.startServiceCommon(ContextImpl.java:1666)
    at android.app.ContextImpl.startService(ContextImpl.java:1611)
    at android.content.ContextWrapper.startService(ContextWrapper.java:677)
    at com.marianhello.bgloc.service.LocationServiceProxy.executeIntentCommand(LocationServiceProxy.java:93)
    at com.marianhello.bgloc.service.LocationServiceProxy.stop(LocationServiceProxy.java:58)
    at com.marianhello.bgloc.BackgroundGeolocationFacade.stopBackgroundService(BackgroundGeolocationFacade.java:440)
    at com.marianhello.bgloc.BackgroundGeolocationFacade.destroy(BackgroundGeolocationFacade.java:264)
    at com.marianhello.bgloc.react.BackgroundGeolocationModule.onHostDestroy(BackgroundGeolocationModule.java:125)
    at com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext.onHostDestroy(ReactContext.java:228)
    at com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManager.moveToBeforeCreateLifecycleState(ReactInstanceManager.java:687)
    at com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManager.onHostDestroy(ReactInstanceManager.java:596)
    at com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManager.onHostDestroy(ReactInstanceManager.java:610)
    at com.facebook.react.ReactActivityDelegate.onDestroy(ReactActivityDelegate.java:122)
    at com.facebook.react.ReactFragmentActivity.onDestroy(ReactFragmentActivity.java:73)
    at android.app.Activity.performDestroy(Activity.java:7680)
    at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnDestroy(Instrumentation.java:1306)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.performDestroyActivity(ActivityThread.java:4667)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleDestroyActivity(ActivityThread.java:4700)
    at android.app.servertransaction.DestroyActivityItem.execute(DestroyActivityItem.java:39)
    at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeLifecycleState(TransactionExecutor.java:145)
    at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:70)
    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1926)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:214)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6981)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
    at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:493)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1445)
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to destroy activity {kr.oshare.alpaca/kr.oshare.alpaca.MainActivity}: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Not allowed to start service Intent { cmp=kr.oshare.alpaca/com.marianhello.bgloc.service.LocationServiceImpl (has extras) }: app is in background uid UidRecord{6c02e96 u0a240 CRE  bg:+4m26s253ms idle procs:1 proclist:19827, seq(0,0,0)}
    at android.app.ActivityThread.performDestroyActivity(ActivityThread.java:4682)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleDestroyActivity(ActivityThread.java:4700)
    at android.app.servertransaction.DestroyActivityItem.execute(DestroyActivityItem.java:39)
    at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeLifecycleState(TransactionExecutor.java:145)
    at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:70)
    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1926)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:214)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6981)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
    at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:493)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1445)