BackgroundLocationIndicator Bubble in iOS26

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I display the BackgroundLocationIndicator (blue/white bubble in status bar) in all my apps, that use background location service. Up to iOS 18 it allowed the user to tap on the bubble from within any other non fullscreen app and bring the app using the background location service to the foreground.

In iOS26 this only works from the home screen. Is this intended behaviour or a bug ?

If intended, please provide us with an option to allow the user to keep the pre iOS26 behavour. This was a quite convenient shortcut to jump directly to the locationservice using app.

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Michael Konz OP

8h

It seems that this is only up to 26.2. In 26.3.1 it seems fixed and the behavior of the indicator bubble is the same as up to 18.

So it was most likely a bug that has been fixed now.

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Michael Konz OP

7h

It is still an issue on iPadOS 26.3.1. While it works on and iPhone with iOS 26.3.1 like pre 26, the initially described problem does still exists on an iPad with 26.3.1.

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