Question

I have a view with a map and a button (like the Maps app once) that allows the user to center and zoom his current location on the map. If I can not use the locationServicesEnabled method (always returns YES), should I create a BOOL attribute to check if the didFailWithError method is called and know if I can call the button method?

Thanks for reading.

Edited:

This code does not work for me. I am using the simulator. I am always getting YES when asking locationServicesEnabled.

// Gets the user present location.
- (IBAction)locateUser:(id)sender {

    if([CLLocationManager locationServicesEnabled]) {

        CLLocationCoordinate2D coordinate;

        coordinate.latitude = self.mapView.userLocation.location.coordinate.latitude;
        coordinate.longitude = self.mapView.userLocation.location.coordinate.longitude;

        [self zoomCoordinate:coordinate];
    } else {
        [[[[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Warning." message:@"Location services are disabled." 
                                    delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil] autorelease] show];     
    }
}

Answer 1

In Preferences you have two options to disable the location services. The first option is a global switch to disable the location service for all apps “[CLLocationManager locationServicesEnabled]”. The second option let you disable the location service for some apps but not for all apps.

To check if its disabled globally and if its disabled for your app use following:

if([CLLocationManager locationServicesEnabled] && 
   [CLLocationManager authorizationStatus] != kCLAuthorizationStatusDenied)
{
...
}