okay i got it to work

had to enable bg modes and stuff
and made it call on appear of the shell and not the tab strip 💀

ShhShell/Info.plist

@@ -22,5 +22,9 @@
 		<string>JetBrainsMonoNerdFontMono-Italic.ttf</string>
 		<string>JetBrainsMonoNerdFontMono-BoldItalic.ttf</string>
 	</array>
+	<key>UIBackgroundModes</key>
+	<array>
+		<string>location</string>
+	</array>
 </dict>
 </plist>

ShhShell/Misc/Backgrounder.swift

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class Backgrounder: NSObject, CLLocationManagerDelegate, ObservableObject {
 	}
 	
 	func startBgTracking() {
+//		guard mana
 		manager.allowsBackgroundLocationUpdates = true
 		manager.pausesLocationUpdatesAutomatically = false
 		manager.startMonitoringSignificantLocationChanges()
@@ -53,6 +54,6 @@ class Backgrounder: NSObject, CLLocationManagerDelegate, ObservableObject {
 	}
 	
 	func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager, didUpdateLocations locations: [CLLocation]) {
-		print("tracking started yay")
+		print("tracking started fr")
 	}
 }

ShhShell/Views/Terminal/ShellTabView.swift

@@ -149,12 +149,6 @@ struct ShellTabView: View {
 						}
 					}
 					.frame(height: 30)
-					.onDisappear {
-						UIApplication.shared.isIdleTimerDisabled = false
-						if container.sessions.isEmpty {
-							Backgrounder.shared.stopBgTracking()
-						}
-					}
 					.onAppear {
 						if selectedID == nil {
 							if let handler {
@@ -163,10 +157,6 @@ struct ShellTabView: View {
 								dismiss()
 							}
 						}
-						UIApplication.shared.isIdleTimerDisabled = hostsManager.settings.caffeinate
-						if hostsManager.settings.locationPersist {
-							Backgrounder.shared.startBgTracking()
-						}
 					}
 				}
 				
@@ -177,6 +167,12 @@ struct ShellTabView: View {
 						handler: session.handler,
 						hostsManager: hostsManager
 					)
+					.onAppear {
+						UIApplication.shared.isIdleTimerDisabled = hostsManager.settings.caffeinate
+						if hostsManager.settings.locationPersist {
+							Backgrounder.shared.startBgTracking()
+						}
+					}
 					.onDisappear {
 						if !checkShell(session.handler.state) {
 							if let lastSession = container.sessionIDs.last {
@@ -185,6 +181,10 @@ struct ShellTabView: View {
 								dismiss()
 							}
 						}
+						UIApplication.shared.isIdleTimerDisabled = false
+						if container.sessions.isEmpty {
+							Backgrounder.shared.stopBgTracking()
+						}
 					}
 					.id(selectedID)
 					.transition(.opacity)