How to Get Real-Time Location of Vendors When App is Not Running in React Native?

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I'm building a mobile app using React Native for the frontend and Laravel 11 for the backend APIs.

App Requirements:

Customers can post jobs (e.g., air conditioner cleaning).
Nearby vendors should receive push notifications even when their app is not running. Current Setup:
I store vendors' latitude and longitude at signup.

Challenges I'm Facing:

Getting Vendors' Real-Time Location When App is Not Running

How can I fetch a vendor’s real-time location when their app is closed (not in the foreground or background)?
Do I need to establish a persistent connection between the React Native app and Laravel, or is this not possible?

Updating Location in Database

If I can somehow retrieve the vendor’s location, how should I update their location in the database whenever they move?

What I’ve Tried:

Researching background location tracking in React Native.
Considering WebSockets or polling, but unsure if they work when the app is fully closed.

@nazmul Does it work even when the app is not running or has been killed? — Uzair Usman
– Uzair Usman, Commented Feb 5 at 17:55

Thịnh Phạm · Accepted Answer · 2025-02-05 02:30:42Z

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IOS only accept tracking location when foreground and background we can't do anything when app kill. Android, we can use service foreground when kill app. You can find so many example for this

answered Feb 5 at 2:30

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Irfanali Saiyad · Accepted Answer · 2025-02-05 06:53:45Z

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I also tried for this type of functionality but in react native i can not find any solution , You want to use native code for this functionality. Create foreground services in android java code and then use in react native for start them and store in java code write code for that service like if vendor move on some distention then it call api or on every specific time it call like every 10 min

answered Feb 5 at 6:53

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