Location needs to be enabled for Bluetooth Low Energy Scanning on Android 6.0

Question

After upgrading to Android version 6.0 Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) scanning will only work if Location services are enabled on the device. See here for reference: Bluetooth L

Answer 1

From what I recently noticed on android 8.0, it is not required to turn on your GPS to do a BLE Scan, but you have to declare it in the manifest, but the user must allow the permission.

Android will prompt the user to allow location permission when you attempt to do a scan with startScan() method. Your scan will fail if the permission is not allowed.