Expo-Location on Android throws: Location provider is unavailable. Make sure that location services are enabled

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Env setup:

Expo CLI 3.4.1 environment info:
    System:
      OS: macOS 10.15.4
      Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
    Binaries:
      Node: 12.12.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
      Yarn: 1.13.0 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
      npm: 6.11.3 - /usr/local/bin/npm
      Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
    IDEs:
      Android Studio: 3.5 AI-191.8026.42.35.5900203
      Xcode: 11.1/11A1027 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
    npmPackages:
      react: 16.9.0 => 16.9.0 
      react-native: 0.61.2 => 0.61.2 
      react-navigation: ^4.0.10 => 4.0.10 
    npmGlobalPackages:
      expo-cli: 3.4.1

In some Android throws the error when call getCurrentPositionAsync({ })

Location provider is unavailable. Make sure that location services are enabled.

The service is enable. Everything is configured properly. On iOS works fine. In some Android works and others don’t. I’m not gonna use react-native-geolocation-service due this is basic use of the lib on Android and iOS. Also I have tried a variety of options params.

Code snippet:

import { Platform } from 'react-native'
import { Constants, Permissions } from 'react-native-unimodules'
import * as L from 'expo-location'

class Location {
  static getAsync = async () => {
    if (Platform.OS === 'android' && !Constants.isDevice) {
      throw new Exception('Geolocation only in devices not emulators.')
    }

    try{
      let   location = null
      const {status: granted} = await Permissions.getAsync(Permissions.LOCATION);

      if(granted === 'granted'){
        location = await L.getCurrentPositionAsync({ accuracy: L.Accuracy.Balanced })
        return {status: granted, location: location, granted: (granted === 'granted')}
      }
      
      const {status} = await Permissions.askAsync(Permissions.LOCATION)
      if(status === 'granted'){
        location = await L.getCurrentPositionAsync({ accuracy: L.Accuracy.Balanced })
        return {status: status, location: location, granted: (status === 'granted')}
      }
  
      return {status: status, location: location, granted: (status === 'granted')}
    }catch(e){
      alert(e)
    }

    return null
  }
}

None these methods work:

  • getLastKnownPositionAsync
  • watchPositionAsync
  • getCurrentPositionAsync
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Anyone?!? Just stuck in this problem. It just started working, I can’t figure out what happened!

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