Can't scan with location service disabled about flutter_reactive_ble HOT 4 CLOSED

@werediver you are right the permissions are mandatory as defined by https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/bluetooth-le#permissions.
This actually does not mean the location service should be enabled (settings => location). Some devices does require location (e.g. Nexus devices) else scan will not work that is why it is enabled by default since it is much safer. The RxAndroidBle also supports the usecase where it is possible to allow scans in case location is turned off which is fine by Android. For more background info see: dariuszseweryn/RxAndroidBle#106 and the issue logged in my previous comment. Let's discuss implementation details offline

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Thanks for reporting. By default location services is enabled and this is
because of https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/37065090 . However little devices on Android7+ would require the location services to be enabled so I think I can create an option in the scansettings that disables it. For safety reasons I will keep it on by default

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@remonh87 Aren't the ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION or ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permission is mandatory on Android to perform BLE scanning for privacy reasons (location information can be inferred from a BLE scan)? My understanding is there is nothing that can be done to work this around (and I can only read the same from the link you provided).

Am I wrong? What exactly are you planning to implement? (though, we can discuss this in a chat or off-line)

In case my understanding is correct, the only thing we can do is improve our documentation. I assume we do not want to embed run-time permission management into this plug-in.

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I'm not sure how they are doing it but I have other apps who can perform a scan without location services enabled, just the locaiton permission granted. Indeed, the same operation with FlutterBlue on the same phone worked with location services disabled.

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