Geofences not triggering (pendingintents and broadcastreceiver)

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Gregor Papež

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Sep 10, 2014, 4:37:52 AM9/10/14

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I've used the Android tutorial with Geofences which, obviously, doesn't work when app is closed. So, after searching around, I've noticed user b-ryce on SO used BroadcastReceiver so geofences get triggered even if app is not active (link for his SO question).

I just cannot force geofences to trigger when I move outside/inside registered location. Here's my procedure:

    /**
     * GeoLocation library
     */
    mGeoLocation = new GeoLocation(sInstance);


    /**
     * mReceiver init
     */
    mReceiver = new Receiver();
    sInstance.registerReceiver(mReceiver, mReceiver.createIntentFilter());

And inside GeoLocation class:

/*
 * Create a PendingIntent that triggers an IntentService in your
 * app when a geofence transition occurs.
 */
protected PendingIntent getTransitionPendingIntent() {
    if (mGeoPendingIntent != null) {
        return mGeoPendingIntent;
    }

    else {

        // Create an explicit Intent
        //  Intent intent = new Intent(mContext,
        //          ReceiveTransitionsIntentService.class);

        Intent intent = new Intent(getClass().getPackage().getName() + ".GEOFENCE_RECEIVE");

        /**
         * Return the PendingIntent
         */
        return PendingIntent.getBroadcast(
                mContext,
                0,
                intent,
                PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);

    }
}

Here's how I create new geofence:

                        Geofence fence = new Geofence.Builder()
                                .setRequestId(hashCode)
                                        // when entering this geofence
                                .setTransitionTypes(Geofence.GEOFENCE_TRANSITION_ENTER | Geofence.GEOFENCE_TRANSITION_EXIT)
                                .setCircularRegion(
                                        Double.parseDouble(single.getSetting("latitude")),
                                        Double.parseDouble(single.getSetting("longitude")),
                                        Float.parseFloat(single.getSetting("radius")) // radius in meters
                                )
                                .setExpirationDuration(Geofence.NEVER_EXPIRE)
                                .build();

                        mGeofences.add(fence);

Array gets populated and we call AddGeofences method inside Geofence class

mGeoLocation.AddGeofences(mGeofences);

AndroidManifest.xml for reciever class:

    <!-- RECEIVER -->
    <receiver android:name=".Receiver" >
    </receiver>

And the Receiver class should just log when geofence triggers

public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
    String action = intent.getAction();

    Log.d("sfen", "Broadcast recieved "+ action +" but not needed.");
}

The problem is, that Geofence are triggering ONLY when I open map inside my app where I pick the locations. Closing the app (running it in background) doesn't trigger anything and geofence transitions don't trigger anything.