GPS Tracking from the Okappy Mobile App

With Okappy, your engineers can send their locations from the Okappy app without needing any additional GPS devices. 

Read on to find out how to know when the app is sending its locations. How to turn location sending on or off and how to turn location sending on or off by default.

How do you tell when the app is trying to transmit its location?

The colour of the Okappy icon denotes the status of location tracking.

Okappy Icon Tracking

If the Okappy icon is orange, the app is trying to send its location.

Okappy Icon Not Tracking

When the Okappy icon is grey, the app is not trying to send its location.

Turning tracking on or off

To turn tracking on or off, simply press the Okappy icon towards the top left of the screen and select Start sending locations if locations are currently not being sent. Or Stop sending locations if they are being sent.

Start or stop sending locations

Turn tracking on or off by default

To turn tracking on by default, click the Okappy icon

  • Select More,
  • Tracking settings
  • Click Always track

To turn tracking off by default, follow the steps above and uncheck the Always track checkbox.

Android app

Android settings - always track

iOS app

iOS settings - always track

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