Wifi Scanning Blocked / Limited by Android Pie?

Ionic Framework ionic-v3
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Hi, I am working on an Ionic app where I am using a hotspot plugin to scan available WiFi WAPs around me. My app runs the scan every second. However, on Android Pie (Security Patch 5 May 2019), after scanning for first few seconds, the app doesn’t seem to detect any WAPs.

Leaving the app for a few seconds makes it detect WAPs again but this time also for a few seconds before it dies again until next time.

This has been tested on different devices with Android Pie and the behaviour is same. However, when I test it on any Android version other than Android Pie, it works fine; i.e. it keeps updating the scan every second and give me the scan results as expected. My question is: Is there anything in Android Pie that is stopping my app to scan available WAPs every second?

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Have you checked with the plugin author about this?

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Throttling
The following limitations apply to the frequency of scans using WifiManager.startScan().

Android 8.0 and Android 8.1:

Each background app can scan one time in a 30-minute period.

Android 9 and later:

Each foreground app can scan four times in a 2-minute period. This allows for a burst of scans in a short time.

All background apps combined can scan one time in a 30-minute period.

Source: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/wifi-scan#wifi-scan-throttling