# BLE Background Scanning
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/ble-background-scanning/4108431
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [March 4, 2026, 11:08am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/ble-background-scanning/4108431 "2026-03-04T11:08:25Z")
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### Author:  [@a.watkinsb0qk1b](https://community.thunkable.com/u/a.watkinsb0qk1b)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2026, 11:08am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/ble-background-scanning/4108431/1 "2026-03-04T11:08:25Z")
Hi all,
I want to create some software/app for scanning BLE beacons as I pass them on my bike to generate time stamps and act as a timing system.
I believe doing this whilst the app is open and in the phone’s foreground it works fine but struggles when the app is in the background and phone is locked, as there are various constraints from IOS/Android.
Has anyone done this before or able to advise the best way to build a system to background scan for BLE beacons?? 🙂
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### Author:  [@ant\_1](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ant_1)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2026, 8:50am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/ble-background-scanning/4108431/2 "2026-03-05T08:50:11Z")
thunkable doesn’t support background service unfortunately, so i don’t think it’s possible.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2026, 8:50am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/ble-background-scanning/4108431/3 "2026-06-03T08:50:45Z")
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