react-native-background-geolocation: [SOLVED] Suddenly getting a location unknown error

SOLUTION: The issue was fixed when:

• Updating the app to 4.16.0
• Adding the AppPrivacy manifest file
• Disabling the Location Simulation config in the xcproject by going to Run Config -> Run -> Options -> Uncheck Allow Location Simulation

Your Environment

• Plugin version: ^4.13.3
• Platform: iOS
• OS version: 17.2
• Device manufacturer / model: Apple Iphone 15 simulator and Apple iPhone 11 Physical Device
• React Native version (react-native -v): 11.3.3
• Plugin config

{
 desiredAccuracy: BackgroundGeolocation.DESIRED_ACCURACY_HIGH,
  distanceFilter: 100,
  useSignificantChangesOnly: true,
  disableElasticity: false,
  // Activity Recognition
  stopTimeout: 5,
  disableMotionActivityUpdates: true,

  // Application config
  debug: false, // <-- enable this hear sounds for background-geolocation life-cycle.
  logLevel: BackgroundGeolocation.LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE,
  stopOnTerminate: false, // <-- Allow the background-service to continue tracking when user closes the app.
  startOnBoot: false, // <-- Auto start tracking when device is powered-up.
  url: `${API_URL}/providers/${userSession?.id}/location`,
  batchSync: true, // <-- [Default: false] Set true to sync locations to server in a single HTTP request.
  maxBatchSize: 5,
  autoSync: true, // <-- [Default: true] Set true to sync each location to server as it arrives.
  headers: {
    // <-- Optional HTTP headers
    Authorization: `Bearer ${userSession?.access_token}`,
 }
}

Expected Behavior

We want to be able to use the plugin to automatically send location updates to provided URL We want to be able to manually retrive location data when running BackgroundGeolocation.getCurrentPosition()

Actual Behavior

The plugin is not sending the automatic location updates. Also when using mapbox, the GPS location marker does not appear rendered in the map, as if it were unavailable When running BackgroundGeolocation.getCurrentPosition (after running BackgroundGeolocation.ready()) we get the 0 error that stands for location unknown

Steps to Reproduce

1. Run BackgroundGeolocation.ready() on app start

useEffect(() => {
    BackgroundGeolocation.ready({
      ...composeLocationTrackingConfigSignificantOn(userSession), //returns config object
    }).then(async state => {
      logger.debug('- BackgroundGeolocation state: ', state);
      if (!state.enabled) {
        const {
          backgroundLocationGranted,
          fineLocationGranted,
        } = await verifyPermissionStatus({ onPermissionsNotGranted() {} });
        if (
          backgroundLocationGranted &&
          fineLocationGranted
        ) {
          BackgroundGeolocation.start(); //run start after plugin is ready
          if (ENV === 'DEVELOPMENT') {
            Toast.show({
              type: 'error',
              text1: `Plugin is NOT ready, starting`,
              visibilityTime: 1000,
            });
          }
        }
      }
      if (ENV === 'DEVELOPMENT' && state.enabled) {
        Toast.show({
          type: 'success',
          text1: `Plugin is ready and enabled`,
          visibilityTime: 1000,
        });
      }
    });
  }, []);

1. After, load the map using mapbox, no GPS marker shows up
2. At specific times, manually call BackgroundGeolocation.getCurrentPosition()

const {
    backgroundLocationGranted,
    coarseLocationGranted,
    fineLocationGranted,
  } = await verifyPermissionStatus({});

  if (
    backgroundLocationGranted &&
    coarseLocationGranted &&
    fineLocationGranted
  ) {
    const currentPosition = await BackgroundGeolocation.getCurrentPosition({
      desiredAccuracy: BackgroundGeolocation.DESIRED_ACCURACY_HIGH,
    });
    const route = `/providers/${providerId}/location`;
    const location: [Location] = [{ ...currentPosition }];
    await AxiosApiInstance.post(
      route,
      { location },
      {
        headers: {
          'X-TUP-Auth-Version': '1',
        },
      }
    );
  }

Context

• We were not developing anything related to location tracking at the time the bug presented itself
• The audio capability was removed about 2 months ago as we do not make use of it and it’s flagged as optional in the docs. We did this because Apple would not release our app unless we gave a reason for and made use of it in-app
• I have recently added the App Privacy file that is now required in all new versions of iOS. The contents are below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<!--
   PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy
   RNTruckupPro

   Created by Christian Carneiro on 10/04/24.
   Copyright (c) 2024 Truckup LLC. All rights reserved.
-->
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>NSPrivacyAccessedAPITypes</key>
    <array>
        <!-- [1] background_fetch: UserDefaults -->
        <dict>
            <key>NSPrivacyAccessedAPIType</key>
            <string>NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategoryUserDefaults</string>

            <key>NSPrivacyAccessedAPITypeReasons</key>
            <array>
                <string>CA92.1</string>
            </array>
        </dict>

        <!-- [2] background_geolocation: UserDefaults -->
        <dict>
            <key>NSPrivacyAccessedAPIType</key>
            <string>NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategoryUserDefaults</string>

            <key>NSPrivacyAccessedAPITypeReasons</key>
            <array>
                <string>CA92.1</string>
                <string>1C8F.1</string>
            </array>
        </dict>
        <!-- [3] background_geolocation (CocoaLumberjack): FileTimestamp -->
        <dict>
            <key>NSPrivacyAccessedAPIType</key>
            <string>NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategoryFileTimestamp</string>
            <key>NSPrivacyAccessedAPITypeReasons</key>
            <array>
                <string>C617.1</string>
                <string>0A2A.1</string>
            </array>
        </dict>
        <!-- [4] background_geolocation (CocoaLumberjack): DiskSpace -->
        <dict>
            <key>NSPrivacyAccessedAPIType</key>
            <string>NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategoryDiskSpace</string>
            <key>NSPrivacyAccessedAPITypeReasons</key>
            <array>
                <string>E174.1</string>
            </array>
        </dict>
    </array>
</dict>
</plist>

Debug logs

we do not get any logs, the plugin simply fails to recognize the device's location (both iPhone 15 simulator and physical iPhone 11 device)