This article is just lame. OP couldn't seem to figure it out but you can implement a background service. >why not shutdown location and frequent play service

This article is just lame. OP couldn't seem to figure it out but you can implement a background service. >why not shutdown location and frequent play service updates as they aren't helping my phone battery either They do. The recommendation is to use the location library that batches GPS use instead of manually calling it per app. The playstore uses heuristics to know when to query for updates and when to download. Its better that the OS batches these sorts of things. There may be some valid critique but this article is devoid of anything useful.