iOS 8 requestWhenInUseAuthorization no Popup

Question

I tried to make my AppProject iOS 8 ready. I had read a lot about

[_locationManager requestWhenInUseAuthorization];

and the entry in plist<

Answer 1

iOS 8.3, Xcode 6.3.1, ARC enabled

The question has been resolved, but I have (2) notes to add from my recent involvement with CLLocationManager.

1) You must have the following keys entered into your *.plist file:

Most commonly used keys have generic more descriptive names, such as "Privacy - Location Usage Description", which really is the "NSLocationUsageDescription" key.

To see the "raw" key names go to "*-Info.plist" and right click in the Navigator area where the keys are listed, see below:

And you get the following results:

The three keys that are related to this article are:

2) Make certain that you allocate and initialize your implementation of CLLocationManager before you try to request authorization or update location.

*.h file:

@interface SomeController : UIViewController 

@property (strong, nonatomic) CLLocationManager *locationManager;

*.m file:

- (IBAction)locationButton:(UIButton *)sender
{
    if (self.locationManager == nil)
    {
        self.locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc] init];
        self.locationManager.delegate = self;
    }
    else
    {
        nil;
    }

    if ([self.locationManager respondsToSelector:@selector(requestWhenInUseAuthorization)])
    {
        [self.locationManager requestWhenInUseAuthorization];
    }
    else
    {
        nil;
    }

    self.locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest;
    [self.locationManager startUpdatingLocation];
}

Hope this saves someone time! Thanks.