[Bug]: LocationServices.getPosition, kCLErrorDomain error 1

[prasad-rawas-volofleet]

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• [ ] Android
• [X] iOS
• [ ] Linux
• [ ] macOS
• [ ] Web
• [ ] Windows

Issue:

The reason behind this crash is when the app has all the required location permissions ready to fetch the current location, but the device's GPS, Wi-Fi, or network cannot fetch the location. This is where the crash occurs.

One thing to notice here is that this crash only appears when we put the app in the background. This seems like a library issue that attempts to fetch the location when the app enters the background. This shouldn't happen as I did not configure any iOS native settings (info.plist) to fetch the location in the background.

However, reproducing this issue on a real iPhone is very difficult because fetching GPS location rarely fails. It might only occur when the user's device is in a closed room where it does not have access to networks or Wi-Fi. Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/30527673

I was able to reproduce this issue only in the iOS simulator, where we can manually set the location to None: (Features -> Locations -> None).

Steps to reproduce

• Allow the app permission to access the location.
• Ensure that the location setting is turned on in your system.
• Make sure you are in a location where the device's GPS will not work, or use the iOS simulator and set the location to None.
• Put the app in the background and wait for 20 seconds for the crash to occur.

Expected results

• Should not try to fetch location when app goes to background.
• Should not throw any exception.

Actual results

• Throws Exception: LocationServices.getPosition, kCLErrorDomain error 1

Code sample

Code sample

try {
        final location = await Geolocator.getCurrentPosition();
        return location;
      } catch (e) {
        print('Exception:: $e');
      }

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Version

3.16.9

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    • macOS (desktop)            • macos                                • darwin-x64     • macOS 14.2.1 23C71 darwin-x64
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