How to set geolocation permissions for android?

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@siddhartha

Is there any workarounds without having to do this?

Several changes made to Cordova requires new permissions, including Cordova whitelist plugin, find more about it in another forum question:

Ionic geolocation woes

Several things changed since last time this post was active. I. First of all, geolocation works with Ionic (it was never under question). Cordova.js file was also never a problem. If you want to get a correct location just wrap you code into device ready event. II.Use ngCordova Geolocation plugin III.If you’re using Cordova 4.0 + version make sure to install Cordova Whitelist plugin, Google Maps will not work with it. IV. Whitelist plugin comes with new HTML5 meta tag, you MUST include it if…