backgroundTracker4WebApps (BT4WA) (Android app)

Background location is allowed on native apps but not on web apps

Terminology

Controlled website, Controlled site, Controlled webapp, Controlled app or CONTROLLEDDOMAIN: The web app that the location is sent to.
The app, BT4WA or RemoteController: backgroundTracker4WebApps

BT4WA is a tool that allows the user to enter a list of URIs (sites), to which the location is sent periodically in the background.

A web app developer (and corresponding web app) can support BT4WA and thereby allowing the end user to share his/her location in the background.

Example: A taxi-web-app can allow taxi-drivers to track themselves to potential customers.

Alert boxes
The user typically goes through an app store with:
- Reviewing (and possibly rejecting) by the app store itself.
- Reviews of other users.
- Statistics (such as number of downloads)
A general awareness that a native app can/must be uninstalled when you don't want its functionality anymore.

(Play video: How to use) (Note BT4WA had another name when the video was recorded)

Step 1: Generate and copy "uri+key" on the controlled site (List of sites which can be controlled).

Example:

Go to "taxi.locatabl.com"

(login if necessary)

In "Settings" > "User settings" > "Uri+key"

Click "Generate new".

Click "Copy to clipboard".

Step 2: Go back to BT4WA.

Step 3: In "Manage List" > "Add", paste the copied uri, then click save.

Step 4: Go back to the main screen and you can use the On, Off and Check buttons.

BT4WA can be found on Google Play here.