[AC-6369] iOS: Ti.Geolocation.requestLocationPermissions doesn't fire given callback on 8.1.0+

GitHub Issue	n/a
Type	Bug
Priority	n/a
Status	Closed
Resolution	Fixed
Resolution Date	2019-12-30T09:20:04.000+0000
Affected Version/s	n/a
Fix Version/s	n/a
Components	Titanium SDK & CLI
Labels	8.1.0.GA, 8.1.1.GA, geolocation
Reporter	Andrea Vitale
Assignee	Motiur Rahman
Created	2019-09-17T16:20:40.000+0000
Updated	2020-01-14T18:10:04.000+0000

Description

When using Ti.Geolocation.requestLocationPermissions(Ti.Geolocation.AUTHORIZATION_WHEN_IN_USE, event => Ti.API.info(event)) the given callback is never fired on Ti SDK 8.1.0.GA and 8.1.1.GA. The same code on Ti SDK 8.0.0.GA works as expected.

Comments

Vijay Singh 2019-09-26

It's working fine for me with 8.1.0.GA. Is there any particular iOS version? I assume you have added key "NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription" in tiapp.xml.
Sharif AbuDarda 2019-10-19

Hello [~Andrea.Vitale], Can you please follow up here on Vijay's comment? Let us know the status of your issue. Thanks.

Riduanul Islam 2019-12-27

Hi [~Andrea.Vitale], We have tested this issue in real device and failed to reproduce this issue. Ti.Geolocation.requestLocationPermissions has fired and returned the callback function. Make sure in your tiapp.xml ios / plist / dict section you have added these below:

   <key>NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
   <string>Can we access your location when using the app</string>
   <key>NSLocationAlwaysAndWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
    <string>Can we use geolocation?</string>

I've tried these below code in app/controllers/index.js file:

   function doClick(e) {
   
   	var hasLocationPermission = Ti.Geolocation
   			.hasLocationPermissions(Ti.Geolocation.AUTHORIZATION_WHEN_IN_USE);
   	if (!hasLocationPermission) {
   		Ti.Geolocation.requestLocationPermissions(
   				Ti.Geolocation.AUTHORIZATION_WHEN_IN_USE, function(e) {
   					if (e.success) {
   						getLocation();
   						// permission granted
   					} else {
   						// permission refused
   					}
   				});
   	}else{
   		getLocation();
   	}
   
   	function getLocation(e) {
   		Titanium.Geolocation.preferredProvider = "gps";
   		Titanium.Geolocation.purpose = "user coordinates";
   		Titanium.Geolocation.distanceFilter = 10;
   
   		Titanium.Geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function(e) {
   			if (!e.success || e.error) {
   				return;
   			}
   
   			var longitude = e.coords.longitude;
   			var latitude = e.coords.latitude;
   			var altitude = e.coords.altitude;
   			var heading = e.coords.heading;
   			var accuracy = e.coords.accuracy;
   			var speed = e.coords.speed;
   			var timestamp = e.coords.timestamp;
   			var altitudeAccuracy = e.coords.altitudeAccuracy;
   			Titanium.Geolocation.reverseGeocoder(latitude, longitude, function(
   					evt) {
   				if (evt.success) {
   					var places = evt.places;
   					alert('Your Current Location is  : ' + places[0].address
   							+ '\n Latitude:' + latitude + '\nLongitude : '
   							+ longitude);
   
   				} else {
   					Ti.API.info("Reverse geocoding error");
   				}
   			});
   		});
   	}
   }
   
   $.index.open();

Environment details:

   Operating System
     Name                        = Mac OS X
     Version                     = 10.14.6
     Architecture                = 64bit
     # CPUs                      = 4
     Memory                      = 8589934592
   
   Node.js
     Node.js Version             = 8.9.4
     npm Version                 = 6.5.0
   
   Titanium CLI
     CLI Version                 = 5.2.2
   
   Titanium SDK
     SDK Version                 = 8.3.0.GA
     Target Platform             = iphone 5S
   [INFO]  Building using iOS SDK: 13.2

Andrea Vitale 2020-01-14

Guys I have this inside my tiapp.xml

           <key>NSLocationAlwaysAndWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
           <string>Per proporti sempre la combinazione migliore tra prodotti e farmacie e per mostrarti le migliori offerte vicine a te, abbiamo bisogno di accedere alla tua posizione!</string>
           <key>NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
           <string>Per proporti sempre la combinazione migliore tra prodotti e farmacie e per mostrarti le migliori offerte vicine a te, abbiamo bisogno di accedere alla tua posizione!</string>

and here is the permissions request function:

       const defaultRequestOptions = {
           mode: AuthorizationTypes.IN_USE
       };
   
       const requestLocationPermissions = function(options = {}) {
           options = _.defaults(options, defaultRequestOptions);
   
           return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
               if (Ti.Geolocation.hasLocationPermissions(options.mode)) {
                   resolve();
               } else {
                   Ti.Geolocation.requestLocationPermissions(options.mode, event => {
                       Ti.API.info('Got response:', event);
   
                           event.success
                               ? resolve()
                               : reject(_.pick(event, ['error', 'code']));
                   });
               }
           });
       }

This is in a REAL app and sometimes works and sometimes it doesn't. Log message "Got response..." isn't printed out and the promise isn't resolved or rejected.

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