Failed to locate

[Richard-ZSL]

When I click on find my location, the following sentence appears.（Failed to determine your location. Make sure Windy.com has permission to access your location）
I made sure that all my software location permissions were turned on completely and tried everything to no vail.

[Suty]

@Richard-ZSL Hi there, could you please change the option to allow all the time to test the feature as well?

[Richard-ZSL]

@Suty I tried it, and it didn't work.

[Richard-ZSL]

@Suty I contacted the engineers of Huawei to help me check the problem. Their conclusion is that the positioning permission is normal and the background is working normally, but the software may not be successful in positioning. Later, your software developers may be needed to adapt to my HarmonyOS.

[Suty]

@Richard-ZSL Can you please check the error console in our app? You should find it at the bottom of the menu.

[Richard-ZSL]

@Suty Of course, but it also shows no problem.

[Suty]

@Richard-ZSL Okay and the rest of apps works okay? Also, does your device have support of Google Play, or not?

[Richard-ZSL]

@Suty Other software is normal, not support Google Play

[fatkoala]

I am also in China, experiencing exactly the same issue.
I am using an Android phone purchased locally, with Google service removed.

• OS: Android 12
• Windy version: 44.1.3

To give you more details,

1. When the app starts, my location is centered on the map CORRECTLY.
2. But when I tap on the Home icon, or Find My Location, then the error message “Failed to determine your location.” appears, and my location cannot not be identified.
3. I checked the Location Access History in the OS settings, it shows the access is ALLOWED every time I tap, although the app says otherwise (see images).
4. If I use a VPN, the app will identify the SERVER location as my location when the app starts or reloads.

[Suty]

@fatkoala Hi, you mentioned that the Google Services are removed, so may I ask where and how did you get this version of our app?

[fatkoala]

@Suty Downloaded the apk file from APKMirror on PC, and transfered the apk file to my phone.

[MarkNagy]

@fatkoala We are not responsible for unofficial application versions, however the issue you are facing is that your application version is trying to use google SDK to find your location.

[fatkoala]

@MarkNagy Thank you for the explanation. I guess I will just have to accept it as it is, and wait for future versions that do not use Google SDK.

[MarkNagy]

@fatkoala Thank you for your understanding, we will consider implementation of fallback to pure android GPS location provider.

[Aiden G]

@MarkNagy I'd just like to mention on this thread because this confirmed my suspicion of why windy wasn't able to find my location.

Windy is one of the few non FOSS apps I use and happily pay for due to the very high quality of service you provide, it's essential for my job. Still perfectly usable without location services, but it would be nice, and the more apps that don't purely rely on google's attempted monopoly the better imo. Especially as android builds without google play services become more prevalent and accessible to install, this should be a consideration of every developer (in my opinion)