The guidelines on this page help you evaluate your app as you make updates to
support the latest location features and behavior.
Test how your app handles approximate location
To evaluate whether you need to update your app to support user-configurable
location accuracy, complete the tests described in this section.
Handle approximate location request from dialog
To check how your app handles a user's request for your app to have approximate
location access from the dialog, do the following:
- Request both
ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
and
ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
.
- In the dialog that appears, where the user can
request approximate
location
, select
Approximate
near the top, and either
While using the app
or
Only this
time
near the bottom.
- Check whether your app's use cases still work as expected, even when your app
only has approximate location access.
Handle approximate location downgrade from system settings
To check how your app handles a user's request to change your app's location
access from precise to approximate in system settings, do the following:
- Request both
ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
and
ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
.
- In the dialog that appears, where the user can
request approximate
location
, select
Precise
near the top, and either
While using the app
or
Only this
time
near the bottom.
- Navigate to your app's permissions screen in system settings.
On the location permission screen, turn off
Use precise location
. This
option appears in
figure 1
.
As with any permission downgrade, the system restarts your app's process.
Check whether your app's use cases still work as expected, even when your app
only has approximate location access.
Handle precise location upgrade from system settings
To check how your app handles a user's request to change your app's location
access from approximate to precise in system settings, do the following:
- Request both
ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
and
ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
.
- In the dialog that appears, where the user can
request approximate
location
, select
Approximate
near the top, and either
While using the app
or
Only this
time
near the bottom.
- Navigate to your app's permissions screen in system settings.
On the location permission screen, turn on
Use precise location
, as shown
in
figure 1
.
Because this permission change is an
upgrade
, the system doesn't restart
your app.
Check whether your app receives more accurate location data in its
location-based use cases.