Airship exposes a very simple, high-level API for requesting location updates, through UALocation .

AirshipLocationKit

In Airship SDK 11.0, location services are now part of an optional framework, called AirshipLocationKit. In order to access the module, first add a separate import statement in your code, as shown below.

import AirshipLocationKit

@import AirshipLocationKit;

To access the module instance, simply call the following method.

let location = UALocation.shared

UALocation *location = [UALocation sharedLocation];

Enabling location

Airship's location framework relies on Apple's significant-change location service, which lessens battery impact but requires always-on usage. See Getting the User's Location for details.

Before you can access the user's location, the user must authorize your application via a location authorization prompt. For the authorization prompt to display properly, you must add the NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription key to your application's info.plist.

UALocation.shared()?.isLocationUpdatesEnabled = true

[UALocation sharedLocation].locationUpdatesEnabled = YES;

When location updates are enabled for the first time it will prompt the user for permission. This behavior can be changed by disabling autoRequestAuthorizationEnabled.

Allow Background Location

Once the app backgrounds, location updates will be suspended by default, then resumed again once the app is foregrounded. To allow location updates to continue in the background, enable backgroundLocationUpdatesAllowed:

UALocation.shared()?.isBackgroundLocationUpdatesAllowed = true

[UALocation sharedLocation].backgroundLocationUpdatesAllowed = YES;