How to request both ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION and ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION

[eliaslecomte]

Question

With Android 10, you can request location access in the foreground or in the background.
According the Android documentation (https://developer.android.com/training/location/request-updates), you can request them at the same time:

ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, arrayOf(Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION),

This results in a permission request dialog with 3 options (all the time, only when in app, deny).

How to do this with react-native-permissions?
The only option I see is to first request ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION and then ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION but this requests in the user having to approve twice :-(.

So the only option now is:
const locationResult = await request(PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION); const backgroundResult = await request(PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION);

[zoontek]

Related to #354

[eliaslecomte]

The workaround is a bit dull as that results in the user first getting a location permission popup with options 'in the app, deny', and then a second one with 'always, in the app, deny'...

[zoontek]

I was not referring to the workaround here, but to the feature request. If it's implemented, will it resolve your issue?

[eliaslecomte]

I was not referring to the workaround here, but to the feature request. If it's implemented, will it resolve your issue?

Yes :-)

[zoontek]

Shipped in the last version 🎉