Keeps "waiting for location" after enabling geographic north

[LucaReggiannini]

After enabling geographic North the app asks for geolocation permissions. Even if I grant the permission it keeps waiting for a location update forever

I'm using Lineage for MicroG (Android 13) for POCO F3.

• OS version: 20-20231001-microG-alioth
• Build number: lineage_alioth-userdebug 13 TQ3A.230901.001 eng.root.20231001.114356 dev-keys
• App version is 1.11.4
• GPS and Bluetooth are enabled
• I granted permissions for Mozilla Unified Npl Backend (Mozilla location service)
• tried uninstalling/clearing local data several time

Here is a screen (Italian language):

Is there any other information/thing I can do/provide to try debug the problem?

Btw thanks for making the app.
I really like it and I consider it the main open source compass app.

[LucaReggiannini]

Similar to #42

[Kr0oked]

There is a chance that this problem is solved with the latest version 1.12.0. Previously the app only requested your coarse loaction, which gets provided by the network location provider. And it seems this does not work on your system. Now you can allow access to either the fine or the coarse location. The fine location gets provided by the regular GPS provider, which should then hopefully provide a location on your system too.

[LucaReggiannini]

Thanks for the reply. Seems like it's still not working but now i get an extra error message after some times:Location could not be determined. Falling back to magnetic north and a "Reload location" button. If i tap the button, after some times, every loading text just disappears and i need to reopen the app to make it go again. Is there any other test i can do? Just for information: i see the same permission request as before (no difference for fine/coarse location). If there is no other obvious thing to try, i will make some test on the code

[Kr0oked]

If the loading text just disappears then the location was received and the compass shows to true north. So I think it works now.
You can compare the degrees shown with true north enabled with the ones when the setting is not enabled, there should be difference of a few degrees then.
For more specific investigations you can capture the app logs. That provides the information which location provider was choosen and which location was received.
Or you can checkout the code with Android studio for full debugging and logging experience.

[0xf0f]

having this issue as well, version 1.13.0, galaxy s8+ running android pie

[tEctutoRIt]

Feature Request: Use Approximate Location for True North

Loving the app! Quick request: Can you make the True North feature work with approximate location instead of needing precise location? It would be great for privacy-conscious users.

[Kr0oked]

@tEctutoRIt I'm glad you like the app. The approximate location should already work. When your system supports this, then you should get asked if you want to grant precise or approximate location to the app. Regards

[tEctutoRIt]

Thank you for the quick response!

When I initially allowed approximate location, the app displayed a loading icon similar to the one mentioned in the first comment, which made me think it wasn't working. However, it seems to be working fine now!

Thanks for clarifying.