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title: "Location Services not working in iOS 8"  
description: "Location Services not working in iOS 8"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2015-04-27  
updated: 2015-04-27  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/23147/location-services-not-working-in-ios-8  
category: "iphone"  
tags: ["iphone", "ios"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Location Services not working in iOS 8

My app that worked fine on [iOS](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12222/core-data-and-how-to-use-it-in-ios-objective-c) 7 doesn't work with the iOS 8 SDK.

CLLocationManager doesn't return a [location](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/11636/relocating-business-or-office-to-another-location), and I don't see my app under [Settings](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/63563/steps-to-change-the-wireless-settings-using-linksys-cloud-account) -> Location [Services](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13111/distinctions-of-iiot-services-how-its-helps-brands) either. I did a [Google search](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12393/google-search-adds-new-personal-tab-to-showcase-only-your-content-results) on the issue, but nothing [came up](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41115/who-came-up-with-the-10-percent-plan-what-did-this-plan-say). What could be [wrong](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48468/who-wrote-the-the-wrong-enemy-america-in-afghanistan-2001-2014-and-when)?

## Replies

### Reply by Anonymous User

Apparently in iOS 8 SDK, *requestAlwaysAuthorization* (for background location) or *requestWhenInUseAuthorization* (location only when foreground) call on **CLLocationManager** is needed before starting location updates.\
There also needs to be *NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription* or *NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription* key in Info.plist with a message to be displayed in the prompt.


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