Find My iPhone

[yaniv92648]

Hi,
Anyone knows how Find My iPhone actually works? i mean from the developer point of view, how do they do it? it doesn't make sense:
1. Settings -> General -> Location Services
The application doesn't appear here meaning it doesn't use CLLocation in order to receive gps coordinates. so how do they get gps coordinates?
2. I closed the application entirely (it's not active and doesn't run in the background) and i drove couple of kilometers away from where i was and when i entered me.com/find the website knew where i was! how??
Thanks.

[Domele]

It's Apple, they have access to a whole bunch of tools that they deny developers.

[Krillere]

Well, Apple created it. They can do whatever they want. After all, they did create the OS.

[Naughty_Ottsel]

Most likely private frameworks like everyone is suggesting, but there is the significantLocationChanges (along those lines) delegate method. That can notify the app. But I think there is a bit more to it, not opening the app when the method is called when the app is in the background