location does not work in airplane mode

[ariltonJaguilar]

It works without internet, however, when activating airplade mode, the location stops working, even with the location service enabled. For example, Google Maps continues to work normally.

The error returned: code:5 , Location settings are not satisfied

This problem appears to be an old one and was first mentioned by @vikasrai1502 in https://github.com/Agontuk/react-native-geolocation-service/issues/28#issuecomment-496371641_

More than a year ago...

If someone there needs an implementation that works in airplane mode, it WILL NOT WORK FOR YOU.

It is a pity since this implementation produces better and faster results than the most used implementation today.

[mattwebhub]

honestly if it worked you should probably create an issue on apple's airplane mode functionality instead 😅

[Agontuk]

Last time I couldn't figure out a way to solve this. I'll check again & see if there's any solution to this.

[Agontuk]

@ariltonJaguilar , you can try the master branch to test if location request works in airplane mode.

[iBotPeaches]

@Agontuk - I tried master. Enabled Airplane mode and tried twice to get location (Android, Pixel 4, Android 11).

[Mon Jan 25 2021 12:13:46.194]  LOG      {"code": 3, "message": "Location request timed out."}
[Mon Jan 25 2021 12:14:59.973]  LOG      {"code": 3, "message": "Location request timed out."}

Then I disabled Airplane mode, disabled cellular and wifi. It never got a location and never timed out. (I waited 15 minutes)

Geolocation.getCurrentPosition((location) => { foo }, {
      accuracy: {
        ios: 'best',
        android: 'high'
      },
      timeout: 15000,
      maximumAge: 0,
      distanceFilter: 1
    })
);

I then enabled cellular and I got a location within seconds. So I don't think works yet if strictly in Airplane mode.

[iBotPeaches]

Okay, I did some digging. I removed the latest commit since iOS didn't seem to work right and now both Android/iOS are getting a location with airplane mode with these settings

---

export default {
  // https://github.com/Agontuk/react-native-geolocation-service/blob/master/docs/accuracy.md
  accuracy: {
    ios: 'best',
    android: 'high'
  },
  timeout: 30000, // 30 seconds
  maximumAge: 3000, // 3 seconds
  distanceFilter: 0 // 0 meters
}

On this commit - 7f05cccc1daafe1c283e413932a7bc4d185c369b, I reverted 4a9b6ce5eb2101333d0a69e9b344060419b99af2 as I could not get a location in airplane mode with that commit.

[Agontuk]

@iBotPeaches , I only removed the previous restrictions. Previously you would've gotten Settings not satisfied, now it actually allows you to request a location using GPS. But it's not guaranteed, it depends on whether GPS can get a location fix or not.

[Agontuk]

v5.2.0 has been published with airplane mode fix. Now it allows you to request location but it isn't guaranteed.