react-native check and prompt user to enable Network/GPS
For enabling location/gps on Android I can recommend this module: https://github.com/Richou/react-native-android-location-enabler
It is using the standard Android dialog for location:
So I am going to start answering my own question.
For GPS:
there seems to be a sensible solution. IOS seems to natively request if there is a geolocation request. And for Android this is not natively supported but someone has created a module for that ( https://github.com/webyonet/react-native-android-location-services-dialog-box )
so in my action creator I added the next code:
if(Platform.OS === 'android')
LocationServicesDialogBox.checkLocationServicesIsEnabled({
message: "<h2>Use Location?</h2> \
This app wants to change your device settings:<br/><br/>\
Use GPS for location<br/><br/>",
ok: "YES",
cancel: "NO"
}).then(() => {
locationTracking(dispatch, getState, geolocationSettings)
})
For Network: There is no native support for neither so i end up doing my own action creator to check.
export function networkCheck(){
return (dispatch) => {
const dispatchNetworkState = (isConnected) => dispatch({
type: types.NETWORK_STATE,
state: isConnected
})
const handle = () => NetInfo.isConnected.fetch().done(dispatchNetworkState)
NetInfo.isConnected.addEventListener('change', handle);
}
}
A little extra:
for GPS i added this to check if the user goes and disable GPS on the middle of the task.
export function locationCheck(geolocationSettings = {enableHighAccuracy: true, timeout: 20000, maximumAge: 10000, distanceFilter:10}){
return (dispatch) => {
navigator.geolocation.watchPosition(
() => {
dispatch({
type: types.LOCATION_STATE,
state: true
})
},
() => {
dispatch({
type: types.LOCATION_STATE,
state: false
})
},
geolocationSettings)
}
}