didUpdateLocations not called

Question

I'm trying to get my current location, but the break point in didUpdateLocations is never being called.

LocationManager:

locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc] init]; [locationManager setDelegate:self]; [locationManager setDesiredAccuracy:kCLLocationAccuracyBest]; [locationManager setDesiredAccuracy:kCLDistanceFilterNone]; [locationManager startUpdatingLocation]; 

Delegate method:

- (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didUpdateLocations:(NSArray *)locations; 

I confirmed that location services and enabled and authorized.

Why is the locationManager delegate method not being called like it should?

Answer 1

Furthermore in iOS8 you must have two extra things:

• Add a key to your Info.plist and request authorization from the location manager asking it to start.

  • NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription

  • NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription

• You need to request authorization for the corresponding location method.

  • [self.locationManager requestWhenInUseAuthorization]

  • [self.locationManager requestAlwaysAuthorization]

Code example:

self.locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc] init]; self.locationManager.delegate = self; // Check for iOS 8. Without this guard the code will crash with "unknown selector" on iOS 7. if ([self.locationManager respondsToSelector:@selector(requestWhenInUseAuthorization)]) {     [self.locationManager requestWhenInUseAuthorization]; } [self.locationManager startUpdatingLocation]; 

Source: http://nevan.net/2014/09/core-location-manager-changes-in-ios-8/