Ionic Native Diagnostic not Firing in iOS - ios

Question

I have an app that checks for location services for a store locator page - uses geolocation to get the nearest store to the user. Has worked fine up until a recent app update and then something broke. I've tried updating plugins, cordova, ionic, etc and just can't find the issue. Basically, the native Diagnostic plugin just doesn't fire, but I also don't get any thrown errors. Below is the function we've used to check for location services:
checkIfLocationPerms(){
let alert = this.alertCtrl.create({
title: 'Error Loading Locations',
subTitle:`You must allow geolocation permissions for this application before continuing. Please Change them in the settings of your device`,
buttons: ['OK']
});
let timeoutFunct = setTimeout(()=>{
this.goHome();
alert.present();
}, 5000);
this.Diagnostic.isLocationAvailable().then(status=>{
if(status == true){
clearTimeout(timeoutFunct);
this.loadMap();
} else {
timeoutFunct;
this.Diagnostic.requestLocationAuthorization().then(data=>{
if(data == this.Diagnostic.permissionStatus.GRANTED_WHEN_IN_USE ||
data == this.Diagnostic.permissionStatus.GRANTED) {
clearTimeout(timeoutFunct);
this.loadMap()
} else {
clearTimeout(timeoutFunct);
this.goHome();
alert.present();
return false;
}
}).catch(err=>{
clearTimeout(timeoutFunct);
this.goHome();
alert.present();
})
}
}).catch(err=>{
clearTimeout(timeoutFunct);
this.goHome();
alert.present();
})
}
Basically the clearTimeout function finishes before I get anything back from Diagnostic. If I don't call the clearTimeout function, I get nothing returned and no errors. Below is my Ionic Info:
Ionic:
Ionic CLI : 6.11.8 (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/#ionic/cli)
Ionic Framework : ionic-angular 3.9.2
#ionic/app-scripts : 3.2.4
Cordova:
Cordova CLI : 9.0.0 (cordova-lib#9.0.1)
Cordova Platforms : ios 5.1.1
Cordova Plugins : cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 4.2.1, (and 18 other plugins)
Utility:
cordova-res : 0.15.1
native-run : 1.0.0
System:
ios-deploy : 1.10.0
ios-sim : 6.1.3
NodeJS : v13.13.0 (/usr/local/Cellar/node/13.13.0_1/bin/node)
npm : 6.14.7
OS : macOS Catalina
Xcode : Xcode 11.7 Build version 11E801a
here's the versions of the pertinent plugins from package.json
"#ionic-native/diagnostic": "^5.28.0",
"#ionic-native/geolocation": "^4.18.0",
I can add that I don't get a response even if Locations Services is allowed. I don't see a way to allow the app to have access to Location Services either. I just don't know where to go from here, I've been fighting this for a week trying to figure it out. Anyone have any suggestions?

Answer 1

The only was I was able to get the correct permissions pop up was to update the Diagnostic plugin. I created a test application with all latest versions of Ionic, Diagnostic etc, and that worked properly.