react-native check and prompt user to enable Network/GPS

Question

I am looking around on how to check if network or GPS are enabled on a device when my application starts. And if they are disabled prompt the user to enable it.

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Answer 1

For enabling location/gps on Android I can recommend this module: https://github.com/Richou/react-native-android-location-enabler

It is using the standard Android dialog for location:

Answer 2

In recent versions of iOS (>= iOS8?) and Android you can show the app permissions dialog and let users turn on/off permissions such as camera and location. There is a native module to do that: https://github.com/yonahforst/react-native-permissions

Answer 3

So I am going to start answering my own question.

For GPS:

there seems to be a sensible solution. IOS seems to natively request if there is a geolocation request. And for Android this is not natively supported but someone has created a module for that ( https://github.com/webyonet/react-native-android-location-services-dialog-box )

so in my action creator I added the next code:

if(Platform.OS === 'android')
LocationServicesDialogBox.checkLocationServicesIsEnabled({ 
                message: "<h2>Use Location?</h2> \
                            This app wants to change your device settings:<br/><br/>\
                            Use GPS for location<br/><br/>", 
                ok: "YES", 
                cancel: "NO" 
            }).then(() => { 
                locationTracking(dispatch, getState, geolocationSettings)
            })

For Network: There is no native support for neither so i end up doing my own action creator to check.

export function networkCheck(){
  return (dispatch) => {
    const dispatchNetworkState = (isConnected) => dispatch({
      type: types.NETWORK_STATE,
      state: isConnected
    })
    const handle = () => NetInfo.isConnected.fetch().done(dispatchNetworkState)
    NetInfo.isConnected.addEventListener('change', handle);
  }
}

A little extra:

for GPS i added this to check if the user goes and disable GPS on the middle of the task.

export function locationCheck(geolocationSettings = {enableHighAccuracy: true, timeout: 20000, maximumAge: 10000, distanceFilter:10}){
  return (dispatch) => {
    navigator.geolocation.watchPosition(
        () => {
            dispatch({
                type: types.LOCATION_STATE,
                state: true
            })
        },
        () => {
            dispatch({
                type: types.LOCATION_STATE,
                state: false
            })
        },
        geolocationSettings)
  }
}