requestLocationAuthorization() returns DENIED_ALWAYS for cordova.plugins.diagnostic.locationAuthorizationMode.ALWAYS

[asuraj]

Bug report

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• [Y ] I have reproduced the issue using the example project or provided the necessary information to reproduce the issue.

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Current behavior:

When we request for “Always” location permission, it won’t open the dialog that asks for permission and instead just returns a denied_always in the success handler i.e when we call cordova.plugins.diagnostic.requestLocationAuthorization(..,.., cordova.plugins.diagnostic.locationAuthorizationMode.ALWAYS) When we ask for “When In Use” location permission, the dialog comes up but the location pings will not come when app is in background. So user will need to go and set the “Always” permission manually from settings. We are able to reproduce this issue on the sample also: https://github.com/dpa99c/cordova-diagnostic-plugin-example. We hit this issue after upgrading to Android API level 30 and cordova-android 10.1.1. We upgraded to latest diagnostic plugin version 6.1.0 and the issue is still reproducible.

Expected behavior:

We expect the location permission dialog to come up so user can grant location 'ALWAYS' permission. Steps to reproduce:

Launch cordova-diagnostic-plugin-example and click on "Request Location Authorization Always". Screenshots

Environment information

• Cordova CLI version

  • cordova -v
  • 10.0.0

• Cordova platform version

  • cordova platform ls
  • android 10.1.1

• Plugins & versions installed in project (including this plugin)

  • cordova plugin ls cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter 1.1.3 "cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter" cordova-plugin-androidx 1.0.2 "cordova-plugin-androidx" cordova-plugin-device 2.0.3 "Device" cordova-plugin-file 6.0.2 "File" cordova-plugin-geolocation 4.1.0 "Geolocation" cordova.plugins.diagnostic 6.1.0 "Diagnostic"

• Dev machine OS and version, e.g.

• mac OS Big Sur 11.6.1

  • OSX
    • sw_vers
  • Windows 10
    • winver

Runtime issue

• Device details
  • e.g. iPhone X, Samsung Galaxy S8, iPhone X Simulator, Pixel XL Emulator
  • Google Pixel 5
• OS details
  • e.g. iOS 12.2, Android 9.0
  • Android Version 11

Android build issue:

• Node JS version
  • node -v
  • v10.15.3
• Gradle version
  • ls platforms/android/.gradle
  • 7.1.1
• Target Android SDK version
  • android:targetSdkVersion in AndroidManifest.xml
  • android:targetSdkVersion="30
• Android SDK details
  • sdkmanager --list | sed -e '/Available Packages/q'

iOS build issue:

• Node JS version
  • node -v
• XCode version

Related code:

insert any relevant code here such as plugin API calls / input parameters

cordova.plugins.diagnostic.requestLocationAuthorization(..,.., cordova.plugins.diagnostic.locationAuthorizationMode.ALWAYS) Console output

console output

``` // Paste any relevant JS/native console output here ```

**Other information:**

[asuraj]

This is an issue due to Android restricting access to background location permissions directly: https://developer.android.com/training/location/permissions#request-background-location Closing the issue.