Location request when always requested but while in use permitted

[xunreal75]

Android 12 has following behavior

when authorization is permitted to while in use, switch App to Background come back from Background after 30 sec Always permission will requested again.

disabling is not working

locationAuthorizationRequest tells the plugin the mode it expects to have been authorized with by the user. Defaults to Always. If you don't care what the user authorizes, you may configure locationAuthorizationRequest: "Any". If you configure locationAuthorizationRequest: 'Always' but the user authorizes only When in Use , the plugin will detect this and show the locationAuthorizationAlert dialog (see disableLocationAuthorizationAlert to disable this behaviour).

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When app come back from Background there is always the request for Always permission but it is disabled At the moment ist happens only on Android

bg.BackgroundGeolocation.onLocation(_onLocation, _onLocationError); bg.BackgroundGeolocation.onMotionChange(_onMotionChange); bg.BackgroundGeolocation.onActivityChange(_onActivityChange); bg.BackgroundGeolocation.onHeartbeat(_onHeartBeat); bg.BackgroundGeolocation.onProviderChange(_onProviderChange);

  var isMotionDetectionDisabled = HiveSettingsDB.isMotionDetectionDisabled;
  var bgLogLevel = HiveSettingsDB.getBackgroundLocationLogLevel;

  if (Platform.isAndroid) {
    return bg.BackgroundGeolocation.ready(bg.Config(
      locationAuthorizationRequest: 'Always',
      reset: true,
      debug: false,
      //ALL
      desiredAccuracy: bg.Config.DESIRED_ACCURACY_NAVIGATION,
      allowIdenticalLocations: true,
      distanceFilter: 0.1,
      heartbeatInterval: 60,
      disableMotionActivityUpdates: isMotionDetectionDisabled,
      locationUpdateInterval: 2500,
      logMaxDays: 1,
      stopAfterElapsedMinutes: 3600,
      preventSuspend: true,
      stopOnTerminate: true,
      startOnBoot: false,
      //enableHeadless: false,
      logLevel: bgLogLevel,
      //request Always permissions
      backgroundPermissionRationale: bg.PermissionRationale(
          title: Localize.current.requestAlwaysPermissionTitle,
          message: Localize.current.noBackgroundlocationLeaveAppOpen,
          positiveAction: Localize.current.openOperatingSystemSettings,
          negativeAction: Localize.current.cancel),
    )).then((bg.State state) {
      _isTracking = state.enabled;
      _isMoving = state.isMoving ?? false;
      notifyListeners();
      return state;
    });
  }
  if (Platform.isIOS) {
    return bg.BackgroundGeolocation.ready(bg.Config(
      locationAuthorizationRequest: 'Always',
      reset: true,
      debug: false,
      //ALL
      logLevel: bgLogLevel,
      desiredAccuracy: bg.Config.DESIRED_ACCURACY_NAVIGATION,
      distanceFilter: 0.1,
      disableMotionActivityUpdates: isMotionDetectionDisabled,
      heartbeatInterval: 60,
      stopDetectionDelay: 5000,
      persistMode: Config.PERSIST_MODE_NONE,
      // Activity Recognition
      activityRecognitionInterval: 3000,
      allowIdenticalLocations: true,
      showsBackgroundLocationIndicator: true,
      preventSuspend: true,
      //request Always permissions
      backgroundPermissionRationale: bg.PermissionRationale(
          title: Localize.current.requestAlwaysPermissionTitle,
          message: Localize.current.noBackgroundlocationLeaveAppOpen,
          positiveAction: Localize.current.openOperatingSystemSettings,
          negativeAction: Localize.current.cancel),
      //iOS only
      locationAuthorizationAlert: {
        'titleWhenNotEnabled':
            Localize.current.noLocationPermissionGrantedAlertTitle,
        'titleWhenOff': Localize.current.locationServiceOff,
        'instructions': Localize.current.enableAlwaysLocationInfotext,
        'cancelButton': Localize.current.cancel,
        'settingsButton': Localize.current.setOpenSystemSettings
      },
      notification: bg.Notification(
          title: Localize.current.bgNotificationTitle,
          text: Localize.current.bgNotificationText,
          smallIcon: 'drawable/ic_bg_service_small'),
    )).then((bg.State state) {
      _isTracking = state.enabled;
      _isMoving = state.isMoving ?? false;
      notifyListeners();
      return state;
    });
  }

_onProviderChange(bg.ProviderChangeEvent event) { FLog.info(text: 'onProviderChangeEvent $event'); switch (event.status) { case ProviderChangeEvent.AUTHORIZATION_STATUS_NOT_DETERMINED: _gpsLocationPermissionsStatus = LocationPermissionStatus.notDetermined; break; case ProviderChangeEvent.AUTHORIZATION_STATUS_RESTRICTED: _gpsLocationPermissionsStatus = LocationPermissionStatus.restricted; break; case ProviderChangeEvent.AUTHORIZATION_STATUS_DENIED: _gpsLocationPermissionsStatus = LocationPermissionStatus.denied; _stopTracking(); break; case ProviderChangeEvent.AUTHORIZATION_STATUS_ALWAYS: _gpsLocationPermissionsStatus = LocationPermissionStatus.always; break; case ProviderChangeEvent.AUTHORIZATION_STATUS_WHEN_IN_USE: _gpsLocationPermissionsStatus = LocationPermissionStatus.whenInUse; bg.BackgroundGeolocation.ready( bg.Config(disableLocationAuthorizationAlert: true)); break; }

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[christocracy]

See API docs Config.locationAuthorizationRequest. Read what it says for the option "Any".

[xunreal75]

Please look at my source

it’s disabled by following snippet.

WHEN_IN_USE: _gpsLocationPermissionsStatus = LocationPermissionStatus.whenInUse; bg.BackgroundGeolocation.ready( bg.Config(disableLocationAuthorizationAlert: true));

I tried the same before startlocation without success. After switch display off and on always the location request reappear what’s really distracting and disturbing. Any is a workaround. After App restart it is recommend to show the disclosure, but only once or after providerchange.

[christocracy]

Do this:

locationAuthorizationRequest: 'Any'

[xunreal75]

Hi, that works. I see that as workaround. At the Moment I rerequest manually after App restart with permissions-package the Always use. I'ts disturbing if anyone forget to test it in real.

[christocracy]

I see that as workaround

I don’t see it that way at all. “Any” means prefer “Always” but don’t bug the user if they select “WhenInUse”.

I'ts disturbing if anyone forget to test it in real.

I don’t understand what you think is disturbing.

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