Check if location services are enabled

Question

I\'ve been doing some research about CoreLocation. Recently, I encountered a problem that has been covered elsewhere, but in Objective C, and for iOS 8.

I feel kinda

Answer 1

In objective-c

you should track user already denied or not determined then ask for permission or sent user to Setting app.

-(void)askEnableLocationService
{
   BOOL showAlertSetting = false;
   BOOL showInitLocation = false;

   if ([CLLocationManager locationServicesEnabled]) {

      switch ([CLLocationManager authorizationStatus]) {
        case kCLAuthorizationStatusDenied:
            showAlertSetting = true;
            NSLog(@"HH: kCLAuthorizationStatusDenied");
            break;
        case kCLAuthorizationStatusRestricted:
            showAlertSetting = true;
            NSLog(@"HH: kCLAuthorizationStatusRestricted");
            break;
        case kCLAuthorizationStatusAuthorizedAlways:
            showInitLocation = true;
            NSLog(@"HH: kCLAuthorizationStatusAuthorizedAlways");
            break;
        case kCLAuthorizationStatusAuthorizedWhenInUse:
            showInitLocation = true;
            NSLog(@"HH: kCLAuthorizationStatusAuthorizedWhenInUse");
            break;
        case kCLAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined:
            showInitLocation = true;
            NSLog(@"HH: kCLAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined");
            break;
        default:
            break;
      }
   } else {

      showAlertSetting = true;
      NSLog(@"HH: locationServicesDisabled");
  }

   if (showAlertSetting) {
       UIAlertView *alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:nil message:@"Please enable location service for this app in ALLOW LOCATION ACCESS: Always, Go to Setting?" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"No" otherButtonTitles:@"Open Setting", nil];
       alertView.tag = 199;
       [alertView show];
   }
   if (showInitLocation) {
       [self initLocationManager];
   }

}

Implement alertView Delegate then sent user to enable location service if already deny by user.

-(void)alertView:(UIAlertView *)alertView clickedButtonAtIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex
{

   if (alertView.tag == 199) {
       if (buttonIndex == 1) {
           [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString]];
       }
       return;
   }
}

Init Location Manager

-(void)initLocationManager{
   self.locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc] init];
   if([self.locationManager respondsToSelector:@selector(requestAlwaysAuthorization)]) {
       [self.locationManager requestAlwaysAuthorization];
   }
}

Please note kCLAuthorizationStatusAuthorizedAlways and kCLAuthorizationStatusAuthorizedWhenInUse is difference.