location-samples SETTINGS_CHANGE_UNAVAILABLE when locations are enabled

SETTINGS_CHANGE_UNAVAILABLE when locations are enabled

Open yankeppey opened this issue 8 years ago • 13 comments

Steps to reproduce:

Enable Airplane mode (-> cell operator disabled)
Disable Wi-Fi.
Enable locations.
Start "LocationSettings" example from this repositoty.

Expected result: LocationSettingsStatusCodes.SUCCESS or LocationSettingsStatusCodes.RESOLUTION_REQUIRED in onResult callback, because we're still able to receive updates for the same LocationRequest object.

Actual result: LocationSettingsStatusCodes.SETTINGS_CHANGE_UNAVAILABLE. However, we still can requestLocationUpdates and receive them.

Mar 16 '16 19:03 yankeppey

Yes, I have the same problem!

Aug 24 '16 15:08 Lomovskiy

Aug 31 '16 22:08 gmarques33

I'm also struggling with this.

Mar 17 '17 08:03 saket

Mar 18 '17 10:03 bnvinay92

Same problem here. Looks like we won't get a fix anytime soon. Anybody has a good workaround to suggest?

Apr 04 '17 13:04 aspyct

It seems you can still check for GPS and Network providers via the legacy LocationManager.

See below code (a bit specific, and Xamarin, but hey, you get the idea).

private IObservable<GoogleApiClient> ManualLocationCheck(GoogleApiClient client)
{
    Debug.WriteLine("Google can't tell us how to get location. Checking for ourselves");

    /*
    It looks like we can get a "Settings change unavailable" when the user
    is in airplane mode, but the location is enabled.
    So let's check whether location is enabled, because that's all we need.
    */
    var locationManager = (LocationManager)activity.GetSystemService(Context.LocationService);

    bool gpsEnabled;
    bool networkEnabled;

    try
    {
        Debug.WriteLine("Checking for GPS support");
        gpsEnabled = locationManager.IsProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GpsProvider);
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        Debug.WriteLine(e);
        gpsEnabled = false;
    }

    try
    {
        Debug.WriteLine("Checking for network support");
        networkEnabled = locationManager.IsProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NetworkProvider);
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        Debug.WriteLine(e);
        networkEnabled = false;
    }

    if (gpsEnabled || networkEnabled)
    {
        // Looks like we'll be able to get a location fix after all...
        OnUncertainLocationAvailability?.Invoke(new UncertainLocationAvailability
        {
            GpsEnabled = gpsEnabled,
            NetworkEnabled = networkEnabled
        });
        return Observable.Return(client);
    }
    else
    {
        // Nah, nothing we can do except ask the user to fix his settings
        throw new LocationNotAvailableException();
    }
}

Apr 05 '17 17:04 aspyct