Check if location services are enabled

Question

I\'ve been doing some research about CoreLocation. Recently, I encountered a problem that has been covered elsewhere, but in Objective C, and for iOS 8.

I feel kinda

Answer 1

For swift3.0 and above , if frequent checks are made for the availability of location services, create a class like below,

    import CoreLocation

    open class Reachability {
        class func isLocationServiceEnabled() -> Bool {
            if CLLocationManager.locationServicesEnabled() {
                switch(CLLocationManager.authorizationStatus()) {
                    case .notDetermined, .restricted, .denied:
                    return false
                    case .authorizedAlways, .authorizedWhenInUse:
                    return true
                    default:
                    print("Something wrong with Location services")
                    return false
                }
            } else {
                    print("Location services are not enabled")
                    return false
              }
            }
         }

and then use it like this in your VC

    if Reachability.isLocationServiceEnabled() == true {
    // Do what you want to do.
    } else {
    //You could show an alert like this.
        let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Location 
        Services Disabled", message: "Please enable location services 
        for this app.", preferredStyle: .alert)
        let OKAction = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: .default, 
        handler: nil)
        alertController.addAction(OKAction)
        OperationQueue.main.addOperation {
            self.present(alertController, animated: true, 
            completion:nil)
        }
    }

Answer 2

In objective-c

you should track user already denied or not determined then ask for permission or sent user to Setting app.

-(void)askEnableLocationService
{
   BOOL showAlertSetting = false;
   BOOL showInitLocation = false;

   if ([CLLocationManager locationServicesEnabled]) {

      switch ([CLLocationManager authorizationStatus]) {
        case kCLAuthorizationStatusDenied:
            showAlertSetting = true;
            NSLog(@"HH: kCLAuthorizationStatusDenied");
            break;
        case kCLAuthorizationStatusRestricted:
            showAlertSetting = true;
            NSLog(@"HH: kCLAuthorizationStatusRestricted");
            break;
        case kCLAuthorizationStatusAuthorizedAlways:
            showInitLocation = true;
            NSLog(@"HH: kCLAuthorizationStatusAuthorizedAlways");
            break;
        case kCLAuthorizationStatusAuthorizedWhenInUse:
            showInitLocation = true;
            NSLog(@"HH: kCLAuthorizationStatusAuthorizedWhenInUse");
            break;
        case kCLAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined:
            showInitLocation = true;
            NSLog(@"HH: kCLAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined");
            break;
        default:
            break;
      }
   } else {

      showAlertSetting = true;
      NSLog(@"HH: locationServicesDisabled");
  }

   if (showAlertSetting) {
       UIAlertView *alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:nil message:@"Please enable location service for this app in ALLOW LOCATION ACCESS: Always, Go to Setting?" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"No" otherButtonTitles:@"Open Setting", nil];
       alertView.tag = 199;
       [alertView show];
   }
   if (showInitLocation) {
       [self initLocationManager];
   }

}

Implement alertView Delegate then sent user to enable location service if already deny by user.

-(void)alertView:(UIAlertView *)alertView clickedButtonAtIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex
{

   if (alertView.tag == 199) {
       if (buttonIndex == 1) {
           [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString]];
       }
       return;
   }
}

Init Location Manager

-(void)initLocationManager{
   self.locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc] init];
   if([self.locationManager respondsToSelector:@selector(requestAlwaysAuthorization)]) {
       [self.locationManager requestAlwaysAuthorization];
   }
}

Please note kCLAuthorizationStatusAuthorizedAlways and kCLAuthorizationStatusAuthorizedWhenInUse is difference.

Answer 3

When you call -startLocation, if location services were denied by the user, the location manager delegate will receive a call to - locationManager:didFailWithError: with the kCLErrorDenied error code. This works both in all versions of iOS.

Answer 4

Add the CLLocationManagerDelegate to your class inheritance and then you can make this check:

Swift 1.x - 2.x version:

if CLLocationManager.locationServicesEnabled() {
    switch CLLocationManager.authorizationStatus() {
    case .NotDetermined, .Restricted, .Denied:
        print("No access")
    case .AuthorizedAlways, .AuthorizedWhenInUse:
        print("Access")
    }
} else {
    print("Location services are not enabled")
}

Swift 4.x version:

if CLLocationManager.locationServicesEnabled() {
     switch CLLocationManager.authorizationStatus() {
        case .notDetermined, .restricted, .denied:
            print("No access")
        case .authorizedAlways, .authorizedWhenInUse:
            print("Access")
        }
    } else {
        print("Location services are not enabled")
}

Swift 5.1 version

if CLLocationManager.locationServicesEnabled() {
    switch CLLocationManager.authorizationStatus() {
        case .notDetermined, .restricted, .denied:
            print("No access")
        case .authorizedAlways, .authorizedWhenInUse:
            print("Access")
        @unknown default:
        break
    }
    } else {
        print("Location services are not enabled")
}

Answer 5

Here is the format Apple recommends.

  switch CLLocationManager.authorizationStatus() {
      case .notDetermined:
         // Request when-in-use authorization initially
         break
      case .restricted, .denied:
         // Disable location features
         break
      case .authorizedWhenInUse, .authorizedAlways:
         // Enable location features
         break
      }

Here is a complete example.

This includes an AlertView with a button to take the user to the Settings screen if previously denied access.

import CoreLocation
let locationManager = CLLocationManager()

class SettingsTableViewController:CLLocationManagerDelegate{

    func checkUsersLocationServicesAuthorization(){
        /// Check if user has authorized Total Plus to use Location Services
        if CLLocationManager.locationServicesEnabled() {
            switch CLLocationManager.authorizationStatus() {
            case .notDetermined:
                // Request when-in-use authorization initially
                // This is the first and the ONLY time you will be able to ask the user for permission
                self.locationManager.delegate = self
                locationManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()
                break

            case .restricted, .denied:
                // Disable location features
                switchAutoTaxDetection.isOn = false
                let alert = UIAlertController(title: "Allow Location Access", message: "MyApp needs access to your location. Turn on Location Services in your device settings.", preferredStyle: UIAlertController.Style.alert)

                // Button to Open Settings
                alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Settings", style: UIAlertAction.Style.default, handler: { action in
                    guard let settingsUrl = URL(string: UIApplication.openSettingsURLString) else {
                        return
                    }
                    if UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(settingsUrl) {
                        UIApplication.shared.open(settingsUrl, completionHandler: { (success) in
                            print("Settings opened: \(success)") 
                        })
                    }
                }))
                alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Ok", style: UIAlertAction.Style.default, handler: nil))
                self.present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)

                break

            case .authorizedWhenInUse, .authorizedAlways:
                // Enable features that require location services here.
                print("Full Access")
                break
            }
        }
    }
}

Answer 6

It is just a 2 line function in Swift 4:

import CoreLocation

static func isLocationPermissionGranted() -> Bool
{
    guard CLLocationManager.locationServicesEnabled() else { return false }
    return [.authorizedAlways, .authorizedWhenInUse].contains(CLLocationManager.authorizationStatus())
}