Ionic Native Geolocation is not working on Android

Ionic Framework ionic-v3
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I have the following code using Ionic Native Geolocation:

import { Geolocation } from 'ionic-native';

    this.platform.ready().then(() => {
        alert('loadMap about to getCurrentPosition');
          Geolocation.getCurrentPosition(options).then((position) => {
        alert('loadMap getCurrentPosition');
            let latLng: google.maps.LatLng = new google.maps.LatLng(position.coords.latitude, position.coords.longitude);
            bound.extend(latLng);
            this.load(bound);
          });
    });

When I run this as ionic serve in a browser, or I build it and run it on iOS Simulator (Xcode), it works. However, when I build this for Android, and try run it, the first alert gets fired, but not the second.

That means for Android only, Geolocation.getCurrentPosition... is not working.

I do have another page that can render a map via this.map = new google.maps.Map(htmlElement, mapOptions);, so it looks like the issue is with getting the current position. When I install the app, I do get this message however:

Allow AppName to access the device's location?
DENY    ALLOW

To which I click Allow.

Does anyone know what I am doing incorrectly, or if there are some missing steps in the Android install and build process?

Thanks

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2

I had the opposite experience, Geolocation wouldn’t work in the browser, but did work on an Android device. Sorry, not much help!

3

Maybe try make sure your browser has location settings enabled. Not sure but that may help.

4

Thanks, yes that makes sense!

This is the code I am using, it is slightly different to yours…

import { Geolocation, GoogleMapsLatLng } from 'ionic-native';

  getCurrentLocation(): Promise<any> {
        return new Promise(resolve => {
          Geolocation.getCurrentPosition()
            .then((resp) => {
              let currentLocation = new GoogleMapsLatLng(resp.coords.latitude, resp.coords.longitude);
              console.log("4 - Current location:", currentLocation)
              resolve(currentLocation);
            })
        })
      }

[EDIT] Do you have “Location” enabled on your device??

5

That code is similar. I know in Chrome setting you can enable sharing location.

Yes, the app prompts the user if they want to share location. For me it’s working on my phone, and I am using an iOS emulator that works, so I have enough to do all my testing. Thanks