Top "Core-location" questions

This proprietary Apple framework for iOS and Mac OS X allows apps to obtain information on a device's current location (latitude, longitude, and on some devices, altitude), direction and speed.

Background Location Services not working in iOS 7

I've recently upgraded my iOS devices to use iOS 7. One of the apps that we're developing uses background location services …

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Behaviour for significant change location API when terminated/suspended?

This is the section from the CLLocationManager documentation describing the app behavior with startMonitoringSignificantLocationChanges: If you start this service and …

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Convert address to coordinates swift

How can I convert a String address to CLLocation coordinates with Swift? I have no code yet, I looked for …

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What's the easiest way to get the current location of an iPhone?

I already know how to use the CLLocationManager, so I could do it the hard way, with delegates and all …

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Obtain user location from a MKMapView

Is it possible to use the MKMapView's own location manager to return the users current location to pass into a …

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Testing CoreLocation on iPhone Simulator

UPDATE: As of iOS 5 and Xcode 4.1 is is now possible to test location in the simulator and even define routes. …

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iOS - CoreLocation and geofencing while app is closed

I've read many tutorials about geofencing my iOS app (i.e., here), but none mention whether or not iOS allows …

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requestAlwaysAuthorization not showing permission alert

I'm trying to use some fancy iBeacons without success, kCLAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined all time. According to other questions it's a requirement to …

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Start Location Manager in iOS 7 from background task

It seems that in iOS 7 an app can not start Location Manager (by calling startUpdatingLocation) from the background task anymore. …

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Request permissions again after user denies location services?

I track the user's location and ask for permission when my load first loads using this: locationManager.requestAlwaysAuthorization() locationManager.startUpdatingLocation() …

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