newMapView on iOS8 (gets my location but still gives error message)

Solar2D iOS
#1

Good morning/day.

I have an app that uses the native map and gets our location and always worked fine until I tested in the new iOS8… It didn’t worked, an error popup appeared that said something like “Error: It wasn’t possible to obtain your location…”, so i searched and on the corona docs i saw that for iOS8 we need to add a line in the build.settings file (

I did that (added “NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription”) and also installed the newest Corona (ver 2511).

Now, when I open the app and the map scene for the first time, it asks me if i allow the app to get my location, I clicked yes but then it stills shows that same popup with the location error (even though I can see that the map, beneath that error popup, does show my location without a problem).

It seems that, both popups open around the same time, first the error one and then the one that asks my permission (on top of the error one), and I don’t understand why that happens.

Am I doing something wrong? No one else has this happening?

By the way, that only happens the first time I open the app (after installing on a iOS8 device), which is to be expected I suppose since is then that I have to give the permission.

Thanks in advance.

#2

Good morning/day.

Sorry for double post, but I have some urgency on this matter. I find it hard to believe that no one else encounters this problem, but I cant find anything else like this on the forums either so I guess thats the case, so maybe I am doing something wrong but cant find what.

Is there maybe some “workaround” to “kill” that first popup? Because the Map does work (gets my location) if I click yes.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

#3

Hi Zau,

Is the very first thing you do is open the map? Meaning, when the app launches, is the very first task to show the map?

In any case, I haven’t tested this behavior yet. Does the permission request occur when you open the app? Or only when you request the map, even if that happens later in the app?

Brent

#4

Hi,

No, its not the first thing. The app has a splash screen and then it goes to a HOME/MENU scene, and only after that (when I choose the MAP button) it goes for the MAP scene. Also, it only opens the permission popup when I go to the MAP scene, not in the beginning (as well as the error popup which is the first to appear). 

Like I said before, this only happens the very first time I open the app after installation.

Thanks for the answer.

#5

Hi Zau,

Just out of curiosity, can you try our sample project which uses maps and see if the same behavior occurs? The project is located in your local Corona application directory:

CoronaSDK > SampleCode > Interface > MapView

Thanks,

Brent

#6

Good morning/day.

Sorry for double post, but I have some urgency on this matter. I find it hard to believe that no one else encounters this problem, but I cant find anything else like this on the forums either so I guess thats the case, so maybe I am doing something wrong but cant find what.

Is there maybe some “workaround” to “kill” that first popup? Because the Map does work (gets my location) if I click yes.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

#7

Hi Zau,

Is the very first thing you do is open the map? Meaning, when the app launches, is the very first task to show the map?

In any case, I haven’t tested this behavior yet. Does the permission request occur when you open the app? Or only when you request the map, even if that happens later in the app?

Brent

#8

Hi,

No, its not the first thing. The app has a splash screen and then it goes to a HOME/MENU scene, and only after that (when I choose the MAP button) it goes for the MAP scene. Also, it only opens the permission popup when I go to the MAP scene, not in the beginning (as well as the error popup which is the first to appear). 

Like I said before, this only happens the very first time I open the app after installation.

Thanks for the answer.

#9

Hi Zau,

Just out of curiosity, can you try our sample project which uses maps and see if the same behavior occurs? The project is located in your local Corona application directory:

CoronaSDK > SampleCode > Interface > MapView

Thanks,

Brent