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How do I request permission for Android Device Location in React Native at run-time?

I have been trying to use React Native 's GeoLocalisation for an Android App. The poorly documentated module is found here https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/geolocation.html. According to the documentation, you handle location permissions on Android using the following code in the AndroidManifest.xml file

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />

However, my online research suggests that the above line of code is useless for versions of ANDROID >= 6.0

As my implementation of GeoLocation is not currently working, I have no other reason but to believe that location permissions are not correctly handled.

How do I successfully request location permission at run-time for React Native Android App?

Solution

  • This did not work for me

    if (granted === PermissionsAndroid.RESULTS.GRANTED) {
}

    I referred to https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/permissionsandroid.html#request and check() return a boolean 

    const granted = await PermissionsAndroid.check( PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION );

if (granted) {
  console.log( "You can use the ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" )
} 
else {
  console.log( "ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permission denied" )
}