What is the best practice for requesting location access?

[rscherf]

The Stripe Terminal Android docs suggest that only ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION is required:

https://stripe.com/docs/terminal/payments/setup-integration?terminal-sdk-platform=android#configure

However, the repo README suggests that ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION is required:

https://github.com/stripe/stripe-terminal-android#configure-your-app

The example app has logic for asking for both.

https://github.com/stripe/stripe-terminal-android/blob/d400175c5e52b10b089c744d4695d071947416b2/Example/javaapp/src/main/java/com/stripe/example/javaapp/fragment/discovery/DiscoveryFragment.java#L245-L252

https://github.com/stripe/stripe-terminal-android/blob/d400175c5e52b10b089c744d4695d071947416b2/Example/kotlinapp/src/main/java/com/stripe/example/viewmodel/DiscoveryViewModel.kt#L47-L52

[ugochukwu-stripe]

Hi @rscherf , apologies for the confusion here. The Terminal SDK requires the ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permission when the device supports precise location updates via a dedicated GPS. According the official android docs ^1, best practise for requesting fine location permissions is to request both fine and coarse location access permissions. We'll take an ai to update all our docs to be consistent.

[rscherf]

Thank you for clarifying!