---
title: NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription
framework: bundleresources
role: symbol
role_heading: Property List Key
path: bundleresources/information-property-list/nslocationalwaysusagedescription
---

# NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription

A message that tells people why the app is requesting access to their location at all times.

## Discussion

Discussion Use this key if your iOS app accesses location information in the background, and you deploy to a target earlier than iOS 11. In that case, add both this key and NSLocationAlwaysAndWhenInUseUsageDescription to your app’s Info.plist file with the same message. Apps running on older versions of the OS use the message associated with NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription, while apps running on later versions use the one associated with NSLocationAlwaysAndWhenInUseUsageDescription. If your app only needs location information when in the foreground, use NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription instead. For more information, see Choosing the  Location Services Authorization to Request. If you need location information in a macOS app, use NSLocationUsageDescription instead. important: This key is required if your iOS app uses APIs that access the user’s location at all times and deploys to targets earlier than iOS 11.

## See Also

### Location

- [Choosing the  Location Services Authorization to Request](bundleresources/choosing-the-location-services-authorization-to-request.md)
- [NSLocationAlwaysAndWhenInUseUsageDescription](bundleresources/information-property-list/nslocationalwaysandwheninuseusagedescription.md)
- [NSLocationUsageDescription](bundleresources/information-property-list/nslocationusagedescription.md)
- [NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription](bundleresources/information-property-list/nslocationwheninuseusagedescription.md)
- [NSLocationTemporaryUsageDescriptionDictionary](bundleresources/information-property-list/nslocationtemporaryusagedescriptiondictionary.md)
- [NSWidgetWantsLocation](bundleresources/information-property-list/nswidgetwantslocation.md)
- [NSLocationDefaultAccuracyReduced](bundleresources/information-property-list/nslocationdefaultaccuracyreduced.md)