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> Location This app may use your location even when it isn't open, which can decrease battery life. I love the idea of a shell on iOS but why does it need to k

• terrorbilly 6y ago
  https://github.com/ish-app/ish/issues/249 https://github.com/ish-app/ish/issues/249 This seems like a workaround so that the app can continue running in the background.
  • tomalpha 6y ago
    That's a much better reason than I feared. Thank you.
    • saagarjha 6y ago
      Your location doesn't leave the device, if that's what you were wondering. And the GPS doesn't turn on until you access /dev/location–actually, you won't even get a prompt until then. It is very much possible to use iSH without using the location file.
  • drchiu 6y ago
    Termius and several other SSH apps use this workaround as well.