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In iOS 6, the purpose property of CLLocationManager, to describe the reason for using location services (@property(copy, nonatomic) NSString *purpose) has been deprecated.
What replacement, if any, is proposed by Apple?
The replacement for the
purposeproperty in iOS 6 is a new Info.plist key namedNSLocationUsageDescription(aka “Privacy – Location Usage Description”).The key is documented in the Information Property List Key Reference but unfortunately it’s not mentioned with the deprecation note of the
purposeproperty.However, the
CLLocationManager.hdoes have this comment:In your code, you could set both the key and the
purposeproperty (but you may want to check if the location manager responds to that selector first if/when that method is actually removed in the future).If running under iOS 6, the location manager will use the key.
When running under less than iOS 6, the key will be ignored and the
purposeproperty will be used.