How to launch the location settings in Android for a specific app

Question

To enable "Allow all the time" location permissions in an Android app, how to launch the location settings for the app in the Android settings?

I have seen how to launch the Android settings page for location (all apps), and how to launch the settings for a specific app, but not how to deep link to the location settings for a specific app.

This is what I currently have:

fun openAppLocationSettings(context: Context) {
        val intent = Intent(Settings.ACTION_APPLICATION_DETAILS_SETTINGS)
        val packageName = context.packageName
        val uri = Uri.fromParts("package", packageName, null)
        intent.data = uri
        context.startActivity(intent)
    }

but it only shows the root page of the app Settings.

Yen

Answer 1

The solution here is not to try to use an intent to launch the location settings in Android. The way Android works on Android API >= 30, is that you first need to request location permissions for coarse and fine location. After the user has allowed the permission, then make another location permission request, for background location. So:

Step 1:

val permissionsToRequest: Array<String> = arrayOf(
                Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION,
                Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
            )
            launcher.launch(permissionsToRequest)

Step 2 (assuming user allows coarse/fine location permission in step 1):

val permissionsToRequest: String =
                Manifest.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION
            launcher.launch(permissionsToRequest)

However, instead of a dialog coming up for the "Allow all the time" location permission, Android navigates user to the location settings for the Android app.

Yen

As soon as the user declined background location access, nothing happens if you request Manifest.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION. Just nothing visually. At least on Android 14, Pixel 6. However a permission declined callback is called. – Roentgen

Answer 2

Use this method so that a pop will automatic come for Allow All The Time..

private void getPermission()
{

    progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
    ActivityResultLauncher<String[]> locationPermissionRequest =
            registerForActivityResult(new ActivityResultContracts
                            .RequestMultiplePermissions(), result -> {
                        Boolean fineLocationGranted = result.getOrDefault(
                                Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION, false);
                        Boolean coarseLocationGranted = result.getOrDefault(
                                Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION, false);
                        if (fineLocationGranted != null && fineLocationGranted) {
                            // Call Your Method
                        } else if (coarseLocationGranted != null && coarseLocationGranted) {
                            // Only approximate location access granted.
                            // Call Your Method
                        } else {
                            // No location access granted.
                        }
                    }
            );

    locationPermissionRequest.launch(new String[] {
            Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION,
            Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
    });
}

Pattani

Thanks- this is the code we already have, but the "Allow all the time" does not show. So I am trying to launch the Android settings via intent. Please see edit of question. – Yen

Use this for open location setting. private void openLocationSettings() { Intent intent = new Intent(Settings.ACTION_LOCATION_SOURCE_SETTINGS); startActivity(intent); } Sometimes, Allow all the time will not show depends on android device and sdk – Pattani

Answer 3

You can use the following code to open location settings in the Android settings:

Intent locSettings = new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_LOCATION_SOURCE_SETTINGS);
startActivityForResult(locSettings);

To access the location privacy settings under security settings, you can use the following code:

Intent locSettings = new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_SECURITY_SETTINGS);
startActivityForResult(locSettings);

To do it in Kotlin:

startActivity(Intent(Settings.ACTION_LOCATION_SOURCE_SETTINGS))

//or 

startActivity(Intent(Settings.ACTION_SECURITY_SETTINGS))

Edit:

Opening the location settings for a specific app is not possible as of now. Instead you can open the settings screen for a specific app, and then instruct the user to go to the Permissions screen. To open the settings for a specific app, you can use the following code:

Intent intent = new Intent(Settings.ACTION_APPLICATION_DETAILS_SETTINGS);
Uri uri = Uri.fromParts("package", getPackageName(), null);
intent.setData(uri);
startActivity(intent);

Oraorabel

I tried ACTION_LOCATION_SOURCE_SETTINGS before- it opens location settings for all apps, not specifically for one app. Somehow the package name needs to be provided I think. – Yen

Did you try using ACTION_SECURITY_SETTINGS? – Oraorabel

I need location settings, not security. – Yen