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Build Location Apps on iOS with Swift: Use Apple Maps, Google Maps, and Mapbox to Code Location Aware Mobile Apps
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Build Location Apps on iOS with Swift: Use Apple Maps, Google Maps, and Mapbox to Code Location Aware Mobile Apps

by Jeffrey Linwood
August 2020
Intermediate to advanced
258 pages
4h 27m
English
Apress
Content preview from Build Location Apps on iOS with Swift: Use Apple Maps, Google Maps, and Mapbox to Code Location Aware Mobile Apps
© Jeffrey Linwood 2020
J. LinwoodBuild Location Apps on iOS with Swifthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6083-8_6

6. Working with Geofences in CoreLocation

Jeffrey Linwood1 
(1)
Austin, TX, USA
 

You can support region monitoring with geofences inside your iOS application with CoreLocation. iOS has built-in region monitoring, meaning that your application does not have to be in the foreground and also does not have to use excessive energy by continually checking the user’s location.

Concepts for region monitoring

Conceptually speaking, region monitoring is simple. Your application can specify up to 20 geofences (called regions in CoreLocation). Each region gets a unique identifier, and you can specify whether or not the application is notified when the ...

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