expo-location-bare

This repo demonstrates a simple example of expo-location as specified in official documentaion

Purpose

Purpose of this repo is to show that expo location always includes the com.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION example even though official documentation does not state it.

Plausible cause:

Debugging shows that permission com.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION is added to the AndroidManifest.xml by dependecy 'io.nlopez.smartlocation:library:3.2.11'

This dependecy is added in expo location in build.gradle

Permission com.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION is added in the smart-location-lib for geo-fencing features

Steps to reproduce:

1. clone this repo
2. run npm install
3. run eas build --platform android --profile dev --> you may need to login to expo
4. Wait for the build to finish
5. Download the resulting apk
6. Inspect the permissions of resulting apk. e.g aapt d permissions YOUR_APK_FILE_HERE'
7. Resulting permissions are

package: com.hamdanis.expolocationbare
uses-permission: name='android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.INTERNET'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.VIBRATE'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE'
uses-permission: name='android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE'
uses-permission: name='com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE'
uses-permission: name='com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES'