Ios swift – iOS location services prompt not being shown to users

So I am encountering a unique issue with my SwiftUI app that requires always access to the user’s location. The permissions prompt is not showing when called (testing is being done on a physical device on iOS 17.0.3, and app is uninstalled before being ran again). The request authorization code is shown below, and all print statements show to have fired off the request once the user has signed in, but the authorization status is zero once that is completed. The info.plist values are also all correct.

.onReceive(authViewModel.$isSignedIn) { isSignedIn in
            if isSignedIn {
                locationManager.requestPermission()
            }
        }

Location manager:

func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager, didChangeAuthorization status: CLAuthorizationStatus) {
    DispatchQueue.main.async {
        self.authorizationStatus = status
    }
    print("Authorization status changed: (status.rawValue)")

    switch status {
    case .notDetermined:
        print("Permission not determined, requesting permission.")
        locationManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()
    case .restricted, .denied:
        print("Location access restricted or denied.")
    case .authorizedAlways, .authorizedWhenInUse:
        print("Location access granted.")
        // Optionally setup geofences here if needed
    @unknown default:
        fatalError("Unhandled authorization status: (status.rawValue)")
    }
}

Request permission method:

class LocationManager: NSObject, ObservableObject, CLLocationManagerDelegate {
    private var locationManager = CLLocationManager()
    @Published var authorizationStatus: CLAuthorizationStatus

//..........Other methods

    func requestPermission() {
        DispatchQueue.main.async {
            self.locationManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()
        }
    }

Main app file:

struct myApp: App {
    @UIApplicationDelegateAdaptor(AppDelegate.self) var appDelegate
    @StateObject var authViewModel = UserAuthViewModel()
    @StateObject var barViewModel = BarViewModel()
    @StateObject private var locationManager = LocationManager.shared

Console outputs:

Authorization status changed: 0

Permission not determined, requesting permission.

Starting location request permissions

Requesting location permission.

Location permissions requested

I tried adding a delay to ensure the prompt was being called when the app was in the foreground, and all UI components had loaded.

.onAppear {
        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 3) {
            barViewModel.fetchData()
            print("Starting location request permissions")
            self.requestLocationPermission()
            print("Location permissions requested")
        }
    }

Even when I modify my app delegate to call the request method at launch it still does not prompt the user:

class AppDelegate: NSObject, UIApplicationDelegate {
    
    var locationManager: LocationManager?
    
    func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {
        FirebaseApp.configure()
        
        // Setup location manager
        self.locationManager = LocationManager.shared
        self.locationManager?.requestPermission() // Request permission as soon as the app launches
        
        return true
    }
}