Location Services not working in iOS 11

Question

I just rebuilt my app with the iOS 11 SDK in an attempt to remove the blue banner that is now always appearing. I thought - \"Brilliant, that worked\", only to

Answer 1

Follow these steps:

I ran into the same issue with an app that needed "Always Authorization", and resolved it by following these steps:

1. Add NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription key to Info.plist

2. Add NSLocationAlwaysAndWhenInUseUsageDescription to Info.plist

3. Add NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription to Info.plist (to support < iOS 11)

4. Call requestWhenInUseAuthorization() BEFORE requestAlwaysAuthorization()

You cannot execute requestAlwaysAuthorization() before requestWhenInUseAuthorization(). You must escalate to that permission level. Once I made these changes, location updates started working properly again.

More details can be found here:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/corelocation/choosing_the_authorization_level_for_location_services/requesting_always_authorization