Medium article - Room + Flow for location updates

ForegroundOnlyLocationService.kt

@AndroidEntryPoint
class ForegroundOnlyLocationService : LifecycleService() {
  ...  
  
  // Data store (in this case, Room database) where the service will persist the location data, injected via Hilt
  @Inject
  lateinit var repository: LocationRepository
  
  override fun onCreate() {
    ...
    locationCallback = object : LocationCallback() {
        override fun onLocationResult(locationResult: LocationResult) {
            ...
          
            // Notify our Activity that a new location was observed by adding to repository
            locationResult.lastLocation.toLocation()?.let {
                lifecycleScope.launch {
                    repository.updateLocation(it)
                }
            }
        }
    }
  }
}