Description String override in android as in iOS

[jpoloram]

Description String override in android as in iOS

[hvaughan3]

I believe this is just a recommendation and not a requirement. The following link mentions the text as a "recommended" description. Have you see this change to a required description somewhere?

https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9799150?hl=en#zippy=%2Cdisclosure-statement-requirements%2Crecommended-disclosure-format

[jpoloram]

They aren't allowing the app onto the google play store without it. The format is recommended but the context i.e. explaining that you are using the geolocation in the background and the purpose it serves within the app.

[breautek]

Android doesn't have request text in the same way iOS does. The permission model is not configurable. That is the system model that the user actually uses to give or deny consent.

Instead, Android gives you some amount of flexibility in how you inform your users. They do have some requirements and is definitely more picky if you have background location enabled or you use location data for analytics/ads, but it can be either a snippet of information on screen, or a dialog just before you call the API.

I'll say that Cordova doesn't really expose a permission API, so producing a dialog jist before showing a request dialog can be difficult but the third party diagnostics plugin can help fill that gap. https://github.com/dpa99c/cordova-diagnostic-plugin

[jcesarmobile]

The plugin only prompts for permission, but the prompt you are talking about is something you should prompt before the plugin prompts for permissions, so there is nothing to do on the plugin side, you could use cordova-plugin-dialogs plugin to show that text before using cordova-plugin-geolocation

You can see a video with an explanation about that disclosure text and how it should be presented before requesting the permissions, but it's a different prompt from the permissions prompt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0I1Xq_iSK4