How to get the exact authorization status of location service? - ios

Question

If user has explicitly denied authorization for this application, or location services are disabled in Settings, it will return Denied status. How can I know the exact reason of it?

Answer 1

I've made this two function to check for each case
If user explicitly denied authorization for your app only you can check it like this,
+ (BOOL) isLocationDisableForMyAppOnly
{
if([CLLocationManager locationServicesEnabled] &&
[CLLocationManager authorizationStatus] == kCLAuthorizationStatusDenied)
{
return YES;
}
return NO;
}
If location services are disabled in Settings,
+ (BOOL) userLocationAvailable {
return [CLLocationManager locationServicesEnabled];
}
And I'm using it like this,
if([UserLocation userLocationAvailable]) {
//.... Get location.
}
else
{
if([UserLocation isLocationDisableForMyAppOnly]) {
//... Location not available. Denied accessing location.
}
else{
//... Location not available. Enable location services from settings.
}
}
P.S. UserLocation is a custom class to get user location.

Answer 2

Swift
Use:
CLLocationManager.authorizationStatus()
To get the authorization status. It's a CLAuthorizationStatus, you can switch on the different status' like this:
let status = CLLocationManager.authorizationStatus()
switch status {
case .authorizedAlways:
<#code#>
case .authorizedWhenInUse:
<#code#>
case .denied:
<#code#>
case .notDetermined:
<#code#>
case .restricted:
<#code#>
}

Answer 3

Swift:
I've made this two function to check for each case
If user explicitly denied authorization for your app only you can check it like this,
class func isLocationDisableForMyAppOnly() -> Bool {
if CLLocationManager.locationServicesEnabled() && CLLocationManager.authorizationStatus() == .denied {
return true
}
return false
}
If location services are disabled in Settings,
class func userLocationAvailable() -> Bool {
return CLLocationManager.locationServicesEnabled()
}
And I'm using it like this,
if UserLocation.userLocationAvailable() {
//.... Get location.
} else {
if UserLocation.isLocationDisableForMyAppOnly() {
//... Location not available. Denied accessing location.
} else {
//... Location not available. Enable location services from settings.
}
}
P.S. UserLocation is a custom class to get user location.

Answer 4

Swift 5.0 iOS 14.0
Since 'authorizationStatus()' was deprecated in iOS 14.0 you should use the instance directly.
authorizationStatus is now a property of CLLocationManager.
You can use the following example:
import CoreLocation
class LocationManager {
private let locationManager = CLLocationManager()
var locationStatus: CLAuthorizationStatus {
locationManager.authorizationStatus
}
}
Have also a look at this question: AuthorizationStatus for CLLocationManager is deprecated on iOS 14