Geolocation plugin fails on first call (Android)

Ionic Native
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When making the initial call for geolocation.getCurrentPosition / geolocation.watchPosition user get’s a pop up requesting permission.

However, by the time user approves the pop-up, geolocation.getCurrentPosition returns an error and geolocation.watchPosition simply never fires.

If the user leaves/rejoin the page position is initialized correctly.

However, I can’t see any way to wait for a user response before subscribing/getting the location

code looks like this (in a service):

  public startListening(): Observable<Geoposition> {
    this.geolocation.getCurrentPosition().then(
      (geoPosition: Geoposition) => {
        console.log('initial', geoPosition);
        this._currentLocation.next(geoPosition);
      },
      error => {
        console.log(error);
        this._currentLocation.next(null);
      }
    );

    this.locationSubscription.unsubscribe();
    this.locationSubscription = this.geolocation.watchPosition().subscribe(
      geoPosition => {
        console.log('subscription', geoPosition);
        this._currentLocation.next(geoPosition);
      },
      error => {
        console.log(error);
        this._currentLocation.next(null);
      }
    );

    return this._currentLocation.asObservable();
  }