Launching Location Settings

Question

Hello,

   I would like to launch location settings. I can see that it can be done on Windows Phone using the following code snippet: 
Windows::System::Launcher::LaunchUriAsync(ref new Uri(L"ms-settings-location:"));
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/xaml/dn741261.aspx)

But this does not work for Windows 8.1. Can you please clarify whether this can be done at all? and if so kindly give a code snippet or a link that can help me in doing it.

Thanks & Regards
Haresh

Answer 1

Hi Haresh - these schemes are not supported in Windows 8.1.

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Answer 2

Hello Matt,

Thanks for the reply. I am putting the question in the other way -

Say from an app, is it possible to change the location settings on/off? Is there a public api to accomplish the same?In phone apps I see that settings can be launched using LaunchUriAsync. But for windows app 8.1, there is no such option.

I want to know how to change the GPS/location  settings on/off ?

Thanks in Advance,

Pooja

Answer 3

Apps can not change system settings programatically. On Windows Phone you can redirect the user to settings using the LaunchUriAsync method but this is not supported in Windows 8.x. Basically you can only ask the user to go to settings and enable location services themselves.