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CB-6911 - Geolocation fails in iOS 8
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shazron committed Sep 3, 2014
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5 plugin.xml
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@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
<header-file src="src/ios/CDVLocation.h" />
<source-file src="src/ios/CDVLocation.m" />
<framework src="CoreLocation.framework" />

<config-file target="*-Info.plist" parent="NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription">
<string></string>
</config-file>

</platform>

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5 src/ios/CDVLocation.m
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@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ - (void)startLocation:(BOOL)enableHighAccuracy
// first stop, and then start the updating to ensure we get at least one
// update, even if our location did not change.
[self.locationManager stopUpdatingLocation];

if (IsAtLeastiOSVersion(@"8.0")) {
[self.locationManager performSelector:NSSelectorFromString(@"requestWhenInUseAuthorization") withObject:nil afterDelay:0];
}

[self.locationManager startUpdatingLocation];
__locationStarted = YES;
if (enableHighAccuracy) {

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@Chizzl Chizzl commented on 1c18ea0 Oct 9, 2014

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Background location tracking is still failing with iOS8. (Due the missing "Always" privacy option? (Settings > Privacy > Location)) Are there any updates planned or workarounds available?

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Hi,
You're referencing old code. the latest code should support background location tracking. However, by default we don't include the NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription (only NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription which is foreground only), so currently you'll have to add that yourself manually. I'm thinking of a small plugin to add this key automatically - stay tuned.

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@shazron shazron commented on 1c18ea0 Oct 9, 2014

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Sent a pull request: #28

In the meantime, you can try installing it from my branch:

cordova plugin add https://github.com/shazron/cordova-plugin-geolocation.git#CB-7754:src/ios/background-location

Please test it out.

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@sandstrom sandstrom commented on 1c18ea0 Mar 12, 2015

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NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription gets overwritten with a blank string if it exist in the plist. This makes it harder to provide a custom description (which is the purpose of the string, btw).

Don't know if the plugin facility allows, but if it could handle this 'softly', e.g. only add the key to the plist unless it already exists, that would solve it.

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