Update location from time to time

Question

I´m getting updates of my location using the below code:

- (id)init {
    if (self = [super init]) 
    {
        locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc] init];
        locationManager.delegate = self;
        locationManager.distanceFilter = kCLDistanceFilterNone;
        locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest;
        [locationManager startUpdatingLocation];
    }

    return self;
}

- (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didUpdateLocations:(NSArray *)locations
{
    NSLog(@"Location: %@", [locations lastObject]);
}

Everything works fine, the problem is that the updates are coming with 1 second of interval. Is there any way to make the intervals longer?

Answer 1

Option 1

Use - (void)startMonitoringSignificantLocationChanges on your location manager which will update events only when a significant change in the user’s location is detected. For example, it might generate a new event when the device becomes associated with a different cell tower.

Option 2

You can try to reduce the accuracy of monitoring.

locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc] init];
locationManager.delegate = self;
locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyNearestTenMeters;
[locationManager startUpdatingLocation];

Do not use kCLDistanceFilterNone as it will report every movement.

"All movements are reported"

and set accuracy value to something among:

kCLLocationAccuracyNearestTenMeters
kCLLocationAccuracyHundredMeters 
kCLLocationAccuracyKilometer 
kCLLocationAccuracyThreeKilometers