Location based flow with enter/exit never tirggers correctly

[Ageris]

I have a flow with a trigger, two conditions and two actions set up like this:

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1. Periodic location update (Network, 5 minutes, (x) Enforce)
1.a Location: Exiting X -(true)> Set ringer mode Normal
1.b Location: Entering X -(true)> Set ringer mode Vibrate

Exit setup:
() - Entering
(x) - Exiting
() - Ignore when previous...
() - Inside

Enter setup:
(x) - Entering
() - Exiting
() - Ignore when previous...
() - Inside

The problem is the actions are never triggered. It doesn't seem to be able to recognize enter/exit events. From the logs I can see that both conditions always return false. Am I missing something in how the location is determined? I thought if I went from outside to a location that overlapped my current location it would trigger. Can someone help me find out what I'm doing wrong?

[Ageris]

Nothing?

[Martin]

Perhaps the reported location by the device is not accurate or the radius of the configured location is too small.
You can visually check the reported locations by opening the map screen in the location condition and see if the blue filled circle matches your expectations (disable GPS in the phone settings to ensure that the map does not use the GPS location).
Are location services turned on in the settings of your device (Settings->Location access, Wi-Fi & mobile network location)?

[Ageris]

Hi, thanks for your reply.

Location access is turned on and I see that the circles overlap. Does the red circle have to be completely inside the reported location for it to trigger or is it sufficient for them to overlap? It does not seem to trigger on the transition unless I also tick "Accept every update inside" though, but I can't have this on for both branches of the flow.

[Martin]

Overlapping should be enough but the condition internally uses an optimization to prevent switching too many times when the reported location is in progress of entering/exiting.
Can you send the log and the flow definition to info@automagic4android.com (menu->Manage->Log, menu->Send Log)?

I usually use the following pattern for such flows:
-trigger Periodic Location Update
-condition Location: entering, exiting (both transitions checked)
--> true: condition Location Entering (to distinguish between entering/exiting)
-----> true: actions for entering
-----> false: actions for exiting

[Ageris]

Thanks!

I'll send the log and definition and try updating the flow as you described.

[Martin]

Thanks for the log and flow definition. This is definitely a bug. Location transition is not correctly processed when only entering or only exiting is selected.
As a workaround you can use the flow structure outlined in the last post with the additional condition Location Entering until the fix is released.

Regards
Martin

[Ageris]

Will do, thanks for the help and an awesome app!