Building for Android Oreo

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Android Oreo forbids starting background services and instead requires use of scheduled work (JobScheduler / Firebase Job Dispatcher) or the new startForegroundService API for immediate foreground work, with wake locks released when no active component exists. Location updates throttle to a few updates per hour for background apps but allow batched location delivery; geofencing caps at 100 geofences per app and recommends region-swapping or beacons. PendingIntent must use getBroadcast for background callbacks.

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1. 0:00Introduction and welcome
2. 1:36Android Oreo background changes
3. 10:24Background execution limits
4. 16:39Broadcast receiver restrictions
5. 22:14Location updates in background
6. 29:55Foreground service best practices
7. 31:59Q&A and resources

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