fix: Location.getLocation() not resolving when app location accouracy is not set to Precise

[TouseefAQ]

When i turn off location accuracy from app setting in ios , getLocation doesn't resolve.Althought i have set location accuracy to LocationAccuracy.low from changeSetting methode.
Similary on Android 7 , user device location is turned off but IslocationServiceEnabled returns true every time. On Android 12 is i turn off precise location off and call getLocation() , getPrecise location request box pops and if i select approximate location , It crashes the app

It should ateast get approximate location.

Steps To Reproduce

Go to ios App setting
Turn off presise
And Try to call GetLocation()

Tested on:

• Android, 7.1.2 & 12
• iOS, Iphone 7 , os 15.5

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Android 12 - after selecting approximate location
I/Quality (18537): ActivityThread: activityResume delay 76 com.app.myapp 18537
I/Quality (18537): Skipped: false 5 cost 97.524185 refreshRate 0 processName com.app.myapp
E/BLASTBufferQueue(18537): BLASTBufferItemConsumer::onDisconnect()
E/BLASTBufferQueue(18537): BLASTBufferItemConsumer::onDisconnect()
E/BLASTBufferQueue(18537): ViewRootImpl[MainActivity]#0 Applying pending transactions on dtor 1
V/OplusZoomWindowDecorViewHelper(18537): removeZoomView
D/FlutterLocationService(18537): Unbinding from location service.
D/FlutterLocationService(18537): Destroying service.

[troy379]

Same for me. Any thoughts on how to resolve this?

[troy379]

Tried adding _location.changeSettings(accuracy: LocationAccuracy.low); as well as _location.changeSettings(accuracy: LocationAccuracy.reduced);, but it didn't help :(

[TouseefAQ]

Tried adding _location.changeSettings(accuracy: LocationAccuracy.low); as well ass _location.changeSettings(accuracy: LocationAccuracy.reduced);, but it didn't help :(

Exactly

[troy379]

Since I needed this functionality ASAP, and there's no feedback so far, I had to switch to the geolocator library. Maybe this will help you 🙂

[TouseefAQ]

Since I needed this functionality ASAP, and there's no feedback so far, I had to switch to the geolocator library. Maybe this will help you 🙂

Yeah but geolocator responds late on iOS, especially on 15.5. What I have done for now is to set location accuracy to accuracy.reduced and always check for permission granted. If permission is not fully granted don't let the user enter the app until or unless permission is fully granted.

[TouseefAQ]

Still no update ?

[RottenSchnitzel]

I am also encountering this issue and it is a dealbreaker for me, it's concerning that there is not even an update on this yet. There are three issues open regarding the problem (this, #736 and #764) and I think they originate in the same bug.

I hope this gets fixed soon as I prefer this package to geolocator. Are there still no updates or temporary fixes?