mappls-map-react-native/src/requestAndroidLocationPermissions.ts

A Mappls GL react native module for creating custom maps

import { type Permission, PermissionsAndroid } from "react-native";

import { isAndroid } from "./utils";

export async function requestAndroidLocationPermissions(): Promise<boolean> {
    if (isAndroid()) {
        const res = await PermissionsAndroid.requestMultiple([
        PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION as Permission,
        PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION as Permission,
        ]);

        if (!res) {
        return false;
        }

        const permissions = Object.keys(res);
        for (const permission of permissions) {
            if (res[permission as Permission] === PermissionsAndroid.RESULTS.GRANTED) {
                return true;
            }
        }

        return false;
    
    }
    throw new Error("You should only call this method on Android!");
}