Recently many apps were sandboxed, but we cannot choose what feature is switched off and what keeps working. So we have to accept all, location included. What happens if I have location switched off in settings? Do apps still notice location? And if I switch location on in settings, do all those apps notice location? What is the relation between ‘location’ and apps?
Of course the setting still applies. The permission is just to use location when available.
- Sanboxed application can’t request location without permission
- The permission makes it possible for the app to request/use location, it doesn’t “push” the location to the application automatically
- When the application uses location for something, you’ll see the satellite icon in the the top bar of home screen
My experience of the matter, learned while maintaining GPSinfo.