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Can I configure a Shortcut to toggle Location Services upon starting the Maps application?

With the Shortcuts app it seems like you would be able to set a string of actions to take place upon use of a certain app. For this one in particular, I’d like for my location services (Settings>Privacy>Location Services>On/Off) to be toggled when I start the Maps application. Is this possible to do and, preferably, make reversible so that when i close Maps my Location Services are toggled back into the ‘off’ state?


Using iOS 14.3 on iPhone XR

iPhone XR

Posted on Dec 21, 2020 12:00 PM

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Posted on Dec 21, 2020 1:00 PM

HotelTrivago wrote: "Well, your suggestion is essentially just a different but equal set of actions; head to shortcuts, tap shortcut, open location toggle.
I’d assume it’s impossible to achieve specifically what I meant originally, huh?"

If it were possible to achieve specifically what you meant originally, I would not have written: "The closest would be..."


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Dec 21, 2020 1:00 PM in response to HotelTrivago

HotelTrivago wrote: "Well, your suggestion is essentially just a different but equal set of actions; head to shortcuts, tap shortcut, open location toggle.
I’d assume it’s impossible to achieve specifically what I meant originally, huh?"

If it were possible to achieve specifically what you meant originally, I would not have written: "The closest would be..."


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Can I configure a Shortcut to toggle Location Services upon starting the Maps application?

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