title: Do I need to request location updates when using Fused location Geofences?
body: <p>I have successfully implemented location geofencing using <a href="http://developer.android.com/training/location/geofencing.html">the Android Developers documentation.</a></p>
  
  <p>The problem I am having is that the geofence events are not always reliable. Sometimes they trigger as soon as I'm at the location, sometimes they take a few minutes (even with a large radius value), sometimes they don't fire at all.</p>
  
  <p>I have also noticed that even though I have enabled GPS, the app is not using the GPS sensor to get my location.</p>
  
  <p>Is this because without requesting updates the Fused Location provider is in a "passive" mode and relying on other apps' requests? Do I need to implement location requests as well as geofencing? </p>