[SOLVED] Android fused location provider settings

Android fused location provider settings

I recently used the fused location provider to locate the user during special tasks inside our app. Till now I could not find out a way to check a few settings:

When the user allowed Google Apps to access the location(Google Settings), does this affect Google Play Services as well.
If the users allowed apps to use the GPS (Standard Location Settings) to determine the location, are Google Play Services also allowed to access the GPS.

The documentation on fused location provider does not say anything about that. Would be happy for any suggestions. Thanks!

Solution

According to Google Support Pages this resritiction only applies to Google apps and not to services(i.e Fused Location Provider). Therefore you should not worry about this setting. Just check which Providers are enabled and it should be fine.

Important: This setting only controls Google apps; if you turn this setting off, Google services that aren't apps and non-Google apps may receive your location from the device.