Re: MapKit location authorization
Re: MapKit location authorization
- Subject: Re: MapKit location authorization
- From: Rick Mann <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 11:30:07 -0700
On Sep 19, 2014, at 11:06 , John Tsombakos <email@hidden> wrote:
> You also need to add items to your Info.plist file:
>
> NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription
>
> and/or
>
> NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription
And to clarify, these are keys for a string value. That string value gets displayed as detail text in the authorization dialog. I just ran into all this myself yesterday, and it was not at all clear that this had to be done. I don't know why MKMapView can't handle all this on its own.
>
> On Sep 19, 2014, at 2:01 PM, Gerriet M. Denkmann <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>>
>> So I put it into viewDidLoad of the view controller for the MapView.
>>
>> But:
>>
>> authorizationStatus = kCLAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined
>> locationServicesEnabled = YES
>>
>> so I do (as recommended):
>> [ self.locationManager requestWhenInUseAuthorization ];
>>
>> Now I would expect a panel to come up, asking the user "Do you want to allow this app to use Location Services?"
>> But nothing is seen (iOS 8.0).
>>
>> And when I ask the manager for a location, I just get nil.
>>
>> Later on I get: locationManager:didChangeAuthorizationStatus: kCLAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined
>>
>> and: "Trying to start MapKit location updates without prompting for location authorization."
>>
>> Not very useful.
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Gerriet.
>
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