Location Services not working in iOS 8

Question

My app that worked fine on iOS 7 doesn\'t work with the iOS 8 SDK.

CLLocationManager doesn\'t return a location, and I don\'t see my app under

Answer 1

1. Add key NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription or NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription (background GPS use) with string asking to use GPS on each info.plist from each target.

2. Ask for permission by running:

   [self initLocationManager:locationManager];

Where initLocationManager is:

// asks for GPS authorization on iOS 8
-(void) initLocationManager:(CLLocationManager *) locationManager{

    locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc]init];

    if([locationManager respondsToSelector:@selector(requestAlwaysAuthorization)])
        [locationManager requestAlwaysAuthorization];
}

Remember that if the keys are not on each info.plist for each target the app will not ask the user. The if provides compatibility with iOS 7 and the respondsToSelector: method guarantees future compatibility rather than just solving the issue for iOS 7 and 8.