Android Auto-linking Installation

With yarn

yarn add react-native-background-geolocation

With npm

npm install react-native-background-geolocation --save

Gradle Configuration

Add the following ext variables to control the version of Google dependency versions the plugin will align to.

:information_source: You should always strive to use the latest available Google Play Services libraries. You can determine the latest available version here.

:open_file_folder: android/build.gradle

buildscript {
    ext {
+       playServicesLocationVersion = "21.3.0"  // Or higher.
    }
}


### :open_file_folder: **`android/app/build.gradle`**

```diff
apply plugin: "com.android.application"
apply plugin: "com.facebook.react"

android {
    .
    .
    .
    buildTypes {
        release {
            .
            .
            .
            minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
+           shrinkResources false
        }
    }
}

AndroidManifest.xml (License Configuration)

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.transistorsoft.backgroundgeolocation.react">

  <application
    android:name=".MainApplication"
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

    <!-- react-native-background-geolocation licence -->
+   <meta-data android:name="com.transistorsoft.locationmanager.license" android:value="YOUR_LICENCE_KEY_HERE" />
    .
    .
    .
  </application>
</manifest>