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Privacy - Location Default Accuracy Reduced (NSLocationDefaultAccuracyReduced) Not respected

Setting Privacy - Location Default Accuracy Reduced in an apps Info.plist file and then calling locationManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization() still asks for precise location permission from the user.

Solution

  • This is a bug in Xcode, the plist editor sets Privacy - Location Default Accuracy Reduced to a string when it needs to be a boolean.

    To work around this you can edit your plist as source code and then set it to:

    <key>NSLocationDefaultAccuracyReduced</key>
<true/>

    This will then only prompt for approximate accuracy.