Hi everyone,
I want to ask and to better understand about the popup that iOS will occasionnally ask the user like :
"Weather" has been using your location in the background. Do you want to continue allowing this ?
How often dose this occur nad how do they determine when to ask ?
And is it possible to prevent this to show to the user ?
I can't find any documentation, the only explanation i can find is from the presentation from WWDC 2014 video "What's New in Core Location".
Thank,
Pat.
A few days after the app obtains the "always" authorization and starts using location services in the background, the user will be asked to confirm once again that they still want this app to track their location in the background.
There is no developer action that can be taken to avoid this confirmation if the app is obtaining users' location in the background.
A few days after the app obtains the "always" authorization and starts using location services in the background, the user will be asked to confirm once again that they still want this app to track their location in the background.
There is no developer action that can be taken to avoid this confirmation if the app is obtaining users' location in the background.
Thank you for a helpful explanation. one more question :
Is it a one time thing or it will continue to ask the user to confirm again and again as long as the app is using location in the background ?
Thanks again.
We have implemented user initiated location tracking for our life safety app, this message is potentially dangerous if the user has activated tracking in distress and an attacker asks to see their phone. Is there a place where a potential work around could be discussed that balances user privacy with our rrequirements?
Your best course of action for your concern to be heard would be to file a Radar and make an Enhancement Request.
In the meantime, it would be a good idea to instruct your users to activate the tracking a few days before they have a risk to be in a situation, and get the secondary warning out of the way.
I have the Sam's Club app, where I selected location services "While Using the App". Unfortunately, now I am getting pop ups almost every time I use my iPhone. After about a week, I have had enough, so I just changed the setting to "Never" until this bug is taken care of. If the next itteration of this beta does not resolve it, I guess I will be left to just turn location service back on for Sam's Club before I go back in to a club. Anyone else experiencing this?
Is there any way to disable these popups? It is very frustrating to see these popups every few days even though I have already confirmed an app may use my location.
Yes I am so fed up with these popups as well. It just doesn't make sense to me why apple needs to confirm the same thing over and over and over. It makes it seem like apple thinks their consumers are stupid.
I have a question related to this. On my iPhone I offloaded an app, but I got a random pop up a few days later telling me this offloaded up has been using Location services in the background for last 3 days then gave me an option to always out while using. How is it running in the background if it’s offloaded?
Hello there,
I was wondering if there is any update on this issue in the latest iOS versions. Is there any way for App Developer to prevent this popup from coming, since User has already agreed to "always" authorisation.
Thanks Kamal
