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Reputation: 1726

Why does the Android version of an app require COARSE LOCATION permission to access bluetooth?

The react-native app I'm working on uses Bluetooth. In the IOS version, the only permission(s) that require user confirmation is attemptToTriggerLEPairing. However, in the Android version of the app, there is a method that contains the following:

PermissionsAndroid.check(PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION)
        .then(granted => {
            if (granted === PermissionsAndroid.RESULTS.GRANTED || granted === true) {
                this.startScan();
                return;
            }
            return PermissionsAndroid.request(
                PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION, {
                    'title': I18n.t('permission_location_title'),
                    'message': I18n.t('permission_location_desc')
                }
            )
                .then(granted => {
                    if (granted === PermissionsAndroid.RESULTS.GRANTED || granted === true) {
                        this.startScan();
                    }
                })
        })
        .catch(error => {
            // TODO: error;
        });

Why does the Android version require coarse location, but the IOS version does not?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1352

Answers (2)

Paweł Byszewski
Paweł Byszewski

Reputation: 420

Along with Android 10, some changes were introduced documentation

If your app targets Android 10 or higher, it must have the ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permission in order to use several methods within the Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Aware, or Bluetooth APIs. The following sections list the affected classes and methods.

Upvotes: 0

appersiano
appersiano

Reputation: 2780

As you can read on the offical documentation

Note: LE Beacons are often associated with location. In order to use BluetoothLeScanner, you must request the user's permission by declaring either the ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION or ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permission in your app's manifest file. Without these permissions, scans won't return any results.

Upvotes: 2

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