GPS not working in workflow

dan_R
New Member

I use a form, โ€œTrlCommentsโ€. In that form, I have a field called gps. I have tried using both Changelocation as well as lat/long. Neither work. I get an error on my iphone saying โ€œUnable to get current location. Please enable Location service on your device and then restart the appโ€.

Updateโ€ฆ it is working on my computer but not on the phone. GPS is enabled, device has been powered off and on. GPS is working with all other apps.

Update, Updateโ€ฆ
So, I made a condition to only allow the field โ€œlocation, or GPSโ€, (depending on which field I was using). anyway, I made a field that will only allow it to show up if โ€œReport to safety = Trueโ€ with a yes no, button. When I select lat/long, the field will show up when yes is selected. However, I still get the error on my phone with the above error message. However, if I switch it to โ€œChangelocationโ€, the field will not show up or record my location. It wonโ€™t work on either my desktop or my iphone.

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Steve
Platinum 5
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Sounds like your phone is configured specifically to not allow AppSheet to get the phoneโ€™s location. Youโ€™ll probably need to adjust your phoneโ€™s settings. I donโ€™t have an iPhone so I canโ€™t offer any specific guidance.

Hello @dan_R

I was just going to suggest that you reset the cache/storage for the AppSheet app - starting over essentially.

This might clear up any erroneous settings that might be conflicting.

I think that it is related to your phone settings vs Appsheet. If testing the application on the phone did not prompt you to allow โ€˜Location Servicesโ€™ then I would suggest going into phone settings.

  1. Go to iPhone Settings
  2. Scroll down until you find a listing of all your applications on the phone
  3. In this list find Appsheet
  4. Click on Appsheet
  5. In the โ€˜Allow Appsheet to Accessโ€™ section the top selection should be โ€˜Locationโ€™
  6. Click on โ€˜Locationโ€™ and select โ€˜While Using the Appโ€™

If you still have issues after that I guess we can revisit.

dan_R
New Member

Thanks, guys.

I did all of that last night (a couple times) before posting this. I did it again this morning and still nothing. This is what Iโ€™m getting. As you can see, Avenza Maps also asked for permission to use GPS services, but theirs actually stuck when I allowed it. My app asks, I allow it, but it doesnโ€™t stick. I canโ€™t think of anything else I can do.!

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After posting the above, I checked a couple more things.
You can see appsheets isnโ€™t allowed to access GPS but Avenza is.

I also facing the same issuesโ€ฆ

Anyone can help?

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