I sideloaded Whatsapp through Aurora Store but the location sharing does not seem to work. It doesn’t find me on a map and when I share it I’m stuck with the “Retry” button. Anyone found a way to fix it?
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The issue is that location sharing permission is only given to 2 system apps (weather/maps). So that’s why Whatsapp can’t access it. I’m not sure if they have changed this on the upcoming update, maybe @urszula can answer that for you
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Yes it is actually what I saw:
- On the location sharing interface in settings, the list only contains weather and maps
- When I go on the whatsapp settings interface, location is allowed as a permission
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Location permission yes, location sharing permission no.
Those are two different permissions in Android Manifest.
And Mudita has only given access to Location sharing to Maps/Weather apps (their own system privilege apps)
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The GPS in Mudita Kompakt is receive ONLY. It’s a privacy feature. I’ll ask the team about WhatsApp, but I think this is the case here, that the GPS in Mudita Kompakt is RECEIVE only, and you might not be able to share it.
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