Set location on iPad WiFi from another device

Is any possibility to set location on iPad WiFi (non GPS) from iPhone (for example via personal hotspot) to using iPad without WiFi connection for navigation?

iPad (6th gen) WiFi

Posted on Sep 21, 2019 1:27 AM

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Rudegar

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Sep 21, 2019 2:53 AM in response to petrhuki

in theory yes

but to the best of my knowledge its not something the iphone would support the user changing and not something an app would be able to do as it would be pretty much outside of the sandbox abilities https://developer.apple.com/app-sandboxing/

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