Constant access to location in Background - unknown

[utenus]

Description

The osmAnd application has permission to use location in the background, when navigating this is useful.
The problem is that the application has not been opened at all for two weeks and the navigation has not been set for a month and yet the application regularly checks the location in the background every day.

OS: iOS 18.2

Steps to reproduce

Use osmAnd on iPhone with latest iOS 18.2

Actual result

The problem is that the application has not been opened at all for two weeks and the navigation has not been set for a month and yet the application regularly checks the location in the background every day.

Expected result

The app should only check the location in the background when navigation is set.

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OsmAnd Version: 4.9 latest
Android/iOS version: 18.2
Device model: iPhone 15 Pro Max
Crash-Logs: No

[yuriiurshuliak]

To help us investigate, could you please provide more details? What exact steps did you follow before noticing this behavior? How are you determining that OsmAnd is checking the location daily? Could you clarify what you expect to see instead? If possible, please attach a screenshot or video showing the issue.

[utenus]

Unfortunately, I don't have more details. I don't use the app. I have it just in case and once every few months I update the maps. I use Apple Maps. If I don't update OsmAnd maps then I don't even open the app.

When OsmAnd initially asked me for permission to locate I gave it permission to locate in the background if I had the app minimized while navigating. The problem is that it checks my location even when I don't have any navigation turned on. I don't have any route set up.

The fact that OsmAnd checks my location very often and I can see it in the iPhone control panel and in settings.

What behavior would I expect, like the rest of the users to have the location checked in the background only when navigation is set.

[vshcherb]

We need to try reproduce it on our devices, possibly we have incorrectly configured some tasks or application didn't exit. It should be easy to check

[yuriiurshuliak]

@utenus To help us investigate further, could you please clarify:

1. How exactly did you determine that OsmAnd was running in the background and accessing your location daily?
2. Where in the iPhone settings did you find logs or indications that OsmAnd was using geolocation in the background?

[utenus]

@yuriiurshuliak 1. I already answered this question above 2. I'm not going to record an iPhone operating tutorial because all is on the scrennshots

[yuriiurshuliak]

Thank you for your cooperation. Unfortunately, we are unable to locate the logs of GPS usage in the background as shown in your screenshots within the iPhone settings. If a third-party program was used to obtain this information, it cannot be considered entirely reliable or verified.

Additionally, this behavior is not corroborated by data from the iPhone's Location Services, Battery Usage, or by observing the location arrow icon in the top status bar or Control Center.

[utenus]

@yuriiurshuliak Fortunately, the problem has been located in OsmAnd by one of the developers @vshcherb from what we can see from his message so we are waiting for an update and fix this bug

[DmitryAlexei]

@utenus in order to fix the error, we first need to reproduce it.
Currently, we cannot reproduce the bug using iOS tools.
You can help by suggesting the right steps to reproduce this issue.