Location: Always, While Using, Never

Anyone have a decent explanation of how all this works, perhaps from a dev perspective?

All the apps I have are either (Never or Always) or (Never or While Using). Are these the two choices that devs have or is it possible to have all three options?

There are a few apps I can think of which can provide useful features if allowed to run Always but could still provide other useful features only While Using, so it seems a shame to deny this level of choice to users (eg I have a bus app I have to set to Always to let it know my location, I only really need it while using, but perhaps others need it always). Or perhaps that choice should be in the app itself rather than defaulting to privacy settings...

(I bring this up cos said bus app's 'Background Location' has used 20% of my battery in last 24 hours and I've only actively used it a few minutes! It doesn't have a switch in Background App Refresh meaning background location is distinct from background app refresh, and the only control of it seems to be through the privacy settings)

 

Bump, just in case...

 

Yeah, sorry, I understand those definitions. Not really what I was asking but thanks.

To clarify, I'm asking whether apps can offer all three option or if they're limited to offering Never and then either While Using or Always, as this is all I'm seeing with my current apps.

I ask because it seems like there could be many apps that benefit from having access always, but still have a lot to offer if only having access while using. But users don't have this level of choice. So in order to make use of 'while using' features they have to grant 'always' access. it should perhaps be down to the developer to offer these granular options in their app, but just wondering what they options are in the privacy settings.

Cheers

 

Cheers!

Managed to find this pic



Showing three options available. Can confirm I only see Never and While Using the App for the App Store.

I really hope this is a bug then and they plan to reintroduce the 3 options for everything that supports it in future.