I want to disable android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION in my Xamarin app.

Wout Ongena 276

I want to disable android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION in my Xamarin app because I dont need it anymore but when I uncheck the checkbox in the Properties tab:

And delete the permission request in the android.manifest file itself:

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The permission request still seems to be there according to the manifest file from the archived .aab file and also according to the google play dev console. I also searched my entire solution and dident find any other references. Is there anything that causes this request or anything I forgot to delete?

JarvanZhang 23,961 Reputation points

2021-11-30T06:05:02.217+00:00

Hi, WoutOngena. Andoid system considers your app to be using background location if it accesses the device's current location in any situation other than the ones described in the foreground location section. Do you use some APIs or SDKs that access the location in background? That will cause the issue. Please identify potential location access logic in the background in your project.

For more details, you could refer to this doc: https://developer.android.com/training/location/background
Wout Ongena 276 Reputation points

2021-11-30T12:55:36.533+00:00
None that I know off, after applying this line of code it seems to be fixed though.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION" tools:node="remove" />

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Wout Ongena 276 Reputation points

2021-11-30T12:56:04.45+00:00
I fixed it by applying the following line of code in my android manifest file:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION" tools:node="remove" />
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JarvanZhang 23,961 Reputation points

2021-12-01T01:09:56.447+00:00

Thanks for sharing the solution.

Tony Pitman 76 Reputation points

2022-02-07T16:22:53.387+00:00

I added this manually to my AndroidManifest.xml for the same reason and now when I double click the AndroidManifest.xml file I get this error in the Visual Studio 2019 for Mac UI:

Tony Pitman 76 Reputation points

2022-02-07T17:13:19.447+00:00

I figured this out. I had to add xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" to the manifest element like this:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" .....
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