How to fix location errors in an iPhone app?

Many applications rely on your location to work. This includes iPhone food delivery apps (such as Uber Eats, DoorDash, and GrubHub), ride-hailing apps (such as Uber and Lyft), weather apps, bank apps, and other similar services. Similarly, if you wish to share your present position with friends and family, messaging applications like iMessage, WhatsApp, and Telegram must have access to your location.

You’ll get notifications like “location not available on iPhone,” “switch on-location services to allow the app to detect your position,” “app does not have access to your location,” and so on if an app can’t acquire your location.

This article will teach you how to rapidly resolve this issue and grant the app access to your location.

Connect to wi-fi or cellular data

While you don’t need a functioning internet connection for your iPhone to locate you, be sure you have one. Make sure you’re connected to Wi-Fi or cellular data under iPhone Settings. To test this, go to a webpage in Safari and see if it loads.

Enable location services on your iPhone

No app or service can have your location unless it’s enabled in settings. Here’s how to do that:

1. Open iPhone or iPad Settings and tap Privacy.
2. Tap Location Services.
3. Turn on the Location Services toggle.

Allow app to access your location

After you’ve enabled location services on your iPhone, double-check that the app you’re using has permission to use it.

When you initially start an app or use one of its features that requires location, it displays a window asking for permission to use your location. If you tap Allow, the programme is granted that permission. If you select Don’t Allow, an error message will appear.

So, if you can’t share your position on WhatsApp or a food delivery service can’t figure out where you are, try these steps:

1. Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services.
2. Find the app from the list here and tap it.
3. Chose an option except Never. I would recommend you go with Ask Next Time Or When I Share, or While Using the App.

If you don’t see the app in step 2, go to the bottom of the initial Settings app screen. Tap the app’s name > Location from here.

If you don’t see the Location option, it’s because the app hasn’t requested for permission to use your location yet. This frequently happens after you’ve reset your location or all of your settings. To remedy this, launch the app and use the location-based functionality. After that, the app will display a window asking for your location. Here, tap Allow.

Note: This can also happen if the app is built not to access your location.

Force quit all apps and reopen them

If the messages “location not available on iPhone,” “switch on location services to allow the app to detect your location,” or “app does not have access to your location” continue to appear, forcibly quit all applications and restart the ones that are relevant. The location errors should no longer appear after this.

Enable and disable Airplane mode

Go to iPhone Settings and enable the toggle for Airplane Mode. Wait for 15 seconds and tap the same toggle to disable Airplane Mode.

Restart your iPhone

Often location errors caused by temporary glitches can be easily fixed by turning off your iPhone and turning it back on.

Make sure iPhone date and time are correct

If your device’s date and time are incorrect, several things won’t work correctly. To address this, set the correct date & time, and the easiest way to do that is by automatically letting your iPhone take care of it.

1. Open Settings and tap General.
2. Tap Date & Time.
3. Make sure Set Automatically is enabled.

Update the App

It’s likely that there is a bug in the app that’s causing location errors. Update the app from the App Store to rule out this possibility.

Delete and uninstall the app in question

If the problem continues, you can remove the app and reinstall it before moving on to the remaining solutions.

Reset all settings

Reset your iPhone’s settings if the location error message keeps popping up even after following the above solutions. Doing this will revert all changed settings to the default state.

Fix “Location Not Available” in iMessage

To share your location in Messages, open a conversation and tap the person’s name or profile picture from the top. Next, tap Send My Current Location or Share My Location. However, if you see an error when you try to share your location on iMessage, follow these fixes.

Allow Find My to access your location

1. Go to iPhone Settings > Privacy > Location Services and make sure it’s enabled.
2. Next, tap Find My and allow it to access your location.

Enable iPhone location sharing

1. Open iPhone Settings and tap your name from the top.
2. Tap Find My.
3. Make sure Share My Location is enabled. In case it was already on, turn it off and turn it back on after waiting for 30 seconds.

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