Determining the location on iOS

AppMetrica can determine the location of a device. Location accuracy depends on the configuration that the library uses for initialization:

With the locationTracking option enabled

Note.

For iOS, the option is enabled by default.

The location is determined with accuracy to the city. You can retrieve this information in reports and via the Logs API.

The app requests GPS access. Battery consumption may increase.

With the locationTracking option disabled

Note.

Starting with the Android AppMetrica SDK 5.0.0, the locationTracking option is disabled by default.

If the version is lower than 5.0.0, the locationTracking option is enabled by default.

The location is determined by the IP address with accuracy to the country. You can retrieve this information in reports, but not via the Logs API.

The app requests GPS access. Battery consumption does not increase.

Note. If you have enabled IP address masking, AppMetrica determines location with the accuracy to the country by the unmasked part of the IP address.

How to enable location determination

By default, the AppMetrica SDK is initialized with the enabled locationTracking option.

Note. AppMetrica SDK does not request the permission for getting location data. You should implement this using the methods of the CLLocationManager class.

How to disable location determination

Attention. If the locationTracking option is disabled, AppMetrica determines the location by the IP address with accuracy to the country.

To initialize a library with the disabled locationTracking option, set the NO value for the locationTracking property of the YMMYandexMetricaConfiguration configuration:

// Creating an extended library configuration.
YMMYandexMetricaConfiguration *configuration = [[YMMYandexMetricaConfiguration alloc] initWithApiKey:API_key];
// Disabling sending information about the device location.
configuration.locationTracking = NO;
// Initializing the AppMetrica SDK.
[YMMYandexMetrica activateWithConfiguration:configuration];
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To disable locationTracking after initializing the library, use the method +setLocationTracking: of the YMMYandexMetrica class:

[YMMYandexMetrica setLocationTracking:NO];
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To initialize a library with locationTracking disabled, set the locationTracking property of the YMMYandexMetricaConfiguration configuration to false:

// Creating an extended library configuration.
let configuration = YMMYandexMetricaConfiguration.init(apiKey: "API key")
// Disabling sending  information about the location of the device.
configuration?.locationTracking = false
// Initializing the AppMetrica SDK.
YMMYandexMetrica.activate(with: configuration!)
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To disable locationTracking after initializing the library, use the method setLocationTracking(_:) of the YMMYandexMetrica class:

YMMYandexMetrica.setLocationTracking(false)
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