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Why do I not see location popups in iOS video logs?

BrowserStack has recently launched an improved version of iOS video logs for App Automate iOS sessions. To capture video logs for iOS sessions, we now leverage a native iOS screen broadcast technology (ReplayKit). This results in enhanced quality and better coverage of test sessions (video length) and helps you debug your sessions more effectively.

However, Apple does not allow location popups to appear in ReplayKit recordings. Therefore, iOS video logs do not display location popups. This does not change your app's or test script's behaviour and should continue to work as usual.

Also, you can capture screenshots of the location popup by setting the `browserstack.debug` capability to `true`.

Note: App Live switches to a non-ReplayKit stream when system pop-ups appear. The same does not apply to App Automate.

For more information, refer to these pages on BrowserStack documentation:

- Appium: https://www.browserstack.com/docs/app-automate/appium/debug-failed-tests/visual-logs

- XCUITest: https://www.browserstack.com/docs/app-automate/xcuitest/debug-failed-tests/visual-logs

- SmartTV: https://www.browserstack.com/docs/app-automate/smart-tv/debug-failed-tests/visual-logs

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