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PiterPan
PiterPan

Reputation: 1802

CLLocation Prompt shows and disappears in one moment

In my app I try to get longitude and latitude from GPS. To do that I have to ask user about permission to access to his location. Before I do that I add to Info.plist this two rulees: Privacy - Location When In Use Usage Description and Privacy - Location Always Usage Description, then in AppDelegate I ask about permission doing it (SWIFT 3.0):

if CLLocationManager.locationServicesEnabled() == true {
        let localisationManager = CLLocationManager()
        localisationManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()
        localisationManager.startUpdatingLocation()
    }

I can see UIAlertController for one moment while running the app, but almost in this same time it disappears and I have no time to tap Allow and I can't use GPS. How to fix it?

Working solution of my problem:

I created separate variables var locationManager = CLLocationManager() in class LocationManager and then I used it in function.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1213

Answers (1)

CSmith
CSmith

Reputation: 13458

The issue is that localisationManager object is being deallocated before the authorization prompt appears ... requestWhenInUseAuthorization runs in a deferred manner, so this instance of CLLocationManager get pulled out from underneath you.

So change the scope of localisationManager to your View Controller class instead of a local variable.

class ViewController: UIViewController {
 let localisationManager = CLLocationManager()    // <-- scope to class

 //...
 function requestAuthorization() {
   localisationManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization() 
 }

}

You could alternatively scope the CLLocationManager to your app delegate.

This is explained nicely in the WWDC 2016 video Core Location Best Practices near minute 21 of the session.

Upvotes: 4

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