Permissions

When it comes to adding functionality that can access potentially sensitive information on a user’s device, such as their location, or possibly send them possibly unwanted push notifications, you will need to ask the user for their permission first. Unless you’ve already asked their permission, then no need. And so we have the Permissions module.

Exponent.Permissions.getAsync(type)

Determines whether your app has already been granted access to the provided permission type.

Arguments

• type (string) — The name of the permission.

Returns

Returns a Promise that is resolved with the information about the permission, including status, expiration and scope (if it applies to the permission type).

Example

async function alertIfRemoteNotificationsDisabledAsync() {
  const { Permissions } = Exponent;
  const { status } = await Permissions.getAsync(Permissions.REMOTE_NOTIFICATIONS);
  if (status !== 'granted') {
    alert('Hey! You might want to enable notifications for my app, they are good.');
  }
}

Exponent.Permissions.askAsync(type)

Prompt the user for a permission. If they have already granted access, response will be success.

Arguments

• type (string) — The name of the permission.

Returns

Returns a Promise that is resolved with the information about the permission, including status, expiration and scope (if it applies to the permission type).

Example

async function getLocationAsync() {
  const { Location, Permissions } = Exponent;
  const { status } = await Permissions.askAsync(Permissions.LOCATION);
  if (status === 'granted') {
    return Location.getCurrentPositionAsync({enableHighAccuracy: true});
  } else {
    throw new Error('Location permission not granted');
  }
}

Exponent.Permissions.REMOTE_NOTIFICATIONS

The permission type for push notifications.

Note: On iOS, this does not disambiguate undetermined from denied and so will only ever return granted or undetermined. This is due to the way the underlying native API is implemented.

Exponent.Permissions.LOCATION

The permission type for location access.