Fix permissions check on Resume GPS trip

[GCyganek]

Explanation of Change

The "Resume" button on a stopped GPS trip called resumeGpsTrip directly, skipping the location services and background permissions checks that "Start" performs. It now calls checkSettingsAndPermissions, and BackgroundLocationPermissionsFlow's onGrant resolves to resumeGpsTrip when the trip is stopped, otherwise startGpsTrip.

Fixed Issues

$ #98954
PROPOSAL: N/A

Tests

1. FAB > Track distance > GPS
2. Start a GPS trip
3. Cover some distance
4. Stop the GPS trip so that it has start and stop waypoints
5. Go to location permissions settings and change them to Don't allow/Never
6. Go back to the app
7. Tap Resume
8. Verify user is asked to allow location permissions to continue the trip and that no error is shown above the Resume button
9. Verify that steps 6.-8. apply to all other permissions settings apart from "Always allowed + Precise location enabled" combination

• Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

Offline tests

N/A

QA Steps

Same as tests

• Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

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[GCyganek]

@codex please review

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Codecov Report

✅ Changes either increased or maintained existing code coverage, great job!

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... and 107 files with indirect coverage changes

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[GCyganek]

@dukenv0307 could you review as this is part of the GPS project?

[dukenv0307]

Sure

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@dukenv0307 Could you unassign me from here and the issue as well?

[mountiny]

ping me when ready

[dukenv0307]

on it now

[dukenv0307]

Code looks good, I'll test it now

[dukenv0307]

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[dukenv0307]

LGTM 👍

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[MelvinBot]

No help site changes required

I reviewed this PR against the help site articles under App/docs/articles and no documentation updates are needed.

Why: This is an internal bug fix. The Resume button on a stopped GPS trip previously called resumeGpsTrip directly, skipping the location/background permission checks that Start performs. After this change it runs the same checkSettingsAndPermissions flow, with onGrant resolving to resumeGpsTrip (when stopped) instead of startGpsTrip. This restores consistent, correct behavior — it does not introduce or rename any feature, button, tab, setting, or workflow.

What I checked

The GPS distance-tracking flow is already documented, and both articles accurately describe the Track distance → GPS → Start / Resume / Stop flow and that GPS requires the device's location services:

• App/docs/articles/new-expensify/reports-and-expenses/Distance-Expenses.md — "How to create a GPS Distance expense (Mobile only)", including the Resume step and location-services requirement.
• App/docs/articles/new-expensify/reports-and-expenses/Create-an-Expense.md — "How to create a Distance expense from a GPS (Mobile only)", including the Resume step.

Neither article documents the buggy behavior being fixed (permissions were silently skipped on Resume), so nothing in the published docs becomes inaccurate or needs correcting. The fix simply makes the app behave the way the docs already imply.

Since no article content changes, I did not open a draft help site PR. If you'd like me to add an explicit note about the permission prompt appearing on Resume (e.g., that you may be re-asked to allow location access), let me know and I can draft that.

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