Swift CLAuthorizationStatus.AlwaysAuthorized is not defined

Question

The documentation seems to say that kCLAuthorizationStatusAuthorizedAlways should be an acceptable return from CLLocationManager.authorizationStatus() though this:

• Does not work.

• Is inconsistent with the name of the other possible values like .AuthorizedWhenInUse, .Denied & .Determined.

  CLLocationManager.authorizationStatus() == .AuthorizedAlways
  //'CLAuthorizationStatus.Type' does not have a member named 'AuthorizedAlways'
  CLLocationManager.authorizationStatus() == .kCLAuthorizationStatusAuthorizedAlways
  //'CLAuthorizationStatus.Type' does not have a member named 'kCLAuthorizationStatusAuthorizedAlways'
  

.Authorized does work and points to the same integer value as should .AuthorizedAlways (according to the Objective-C documentation), though, it's deprecated.

Any suggestion about a correct, not deprecated, implementation?

Answer 1

.AuthorizedAlways has replaced .Authorized in iOS 8.2. If you're using the 8.2 SDK or later, use .AuthorizedAlways. See iOS 8.2 API Diffs