Location error on Android 6 using cordovaGeolocation

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I have this app that uses cordovaGeolocation. It works just fine on Android 5 and below, but on Android 6, I get this

“Caught security exception while registering for location updates from the system. The application does not have sufficient geolocation permissions.”

I have set up all the permissions in the AndroidManifest.xml

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS" />

and my target SDK is 23.

The error is actually similar to what’s described here.

Is this a known problem with Android 6? Do I have to set something else up for cordovaGeolocation to work?

Thanks

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2

Did you fix the issue? I ran into the same one and don’t know, what causes the error.

3

Hi, yes.

On Android 6, you need to explicitly ask the user for this permission. Just setting them in the AndroidManifest is not enough.

So what I did was to use cordova.plugins.diagnostic.requestLocationAuthorization to request explicit authorization in my app.js.

 cordova.plugins.diagnostic.isLocationAuthorized(function(enabled){
          console.log("Location is " + (enabled ? "enabled" : "disabled"));
          if(!enabled){
            cordova.plugins.diagnostic.requestLocationAuthorization(function(status){
                console.log("Authorization status is now: "+status);
            }, function(error){
                console.error(error);
            });
          }
      }, function(error){
          console.error("The following error occurred: "+error);
      });

Hope it helps.

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4

Android asks me for the permission, with and without the diagnostic plugin. When I grant permission I see this:

5 972446 log Location is disabled
6 972468 log Authorization status is now: GRANTED

But the problem is, that geolocation runs into timeout. I set the value to 60000, so 60 seconds but still getting a geolocation timeout. Do you have an idea if I miss something here?

Thanks a lot!

5

Looks like a hardware issue to me. My original problem was that the app was crashing because of the permissions.

6

I will further investigate the issue. Other apps that are using the geolocation service are working fine. Thanks so far!

7

Hi,

Did you manage to solve this issue?
I’m having a similar one. cordova geolocation plugin always returns timeout on Android 6 device.

Thanks

8

Nope, unfortunately not. I think there are some devices out there, where the Cordova geolocation plugin not works. It would be great if this get fixed some day.

9

Thanks a lot for the super fast answer. :slight_smile:
Do you know any alternatives to this plugin?

Thanks again!

10

No, sorry. I tried anything I found in the Internet but there was no solution for me. I used the Ionic creator. Maybe you could try the new Ionic Native APIs for Ionic 2.0 https://ionicframework.com/docs/v2/native/

Did you try this?

11

No, because the app is in Ionic 1. :frowning:
Thanks anyway.

12

I tried it with Ionic 2 and the Ionic Native Lib. Same problem. Getting a timeout on my Honor 6 device (Android 6.0)

13

It’s strange no one else is complaining about this. :frowning:
I don’t find any alternative to this plugin.

14

Indeed, yes! In my opinion there is no solution because it’s a Cordova issue. I’m playing around with appcelerator currently. It uses Titanium, that is a different technology. I do like Ionic really much, but in this state it won’t work for me :frowning:

15

Agree with you.
I’ll have have to drop Ionic too. For an issue that’s not even their fault. :confused:
It’s time to test Xamarin! :slight_smile:

16

hi everyone the solution is very simple upgrade the plugin to version 2 and everything will work on
cordova plugin rm cordova-plugin-geolocation
cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-geolocation
Thats all you need to do. :slight_smile:

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17

Sorry reviloera,

What do you mean by version 2? I’me using version 2.4.0 since it was released on September, and the problem persists.

Thanks

18

I had the same issue and when I removed and re-installed the plugin , the
problem was solved.

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19

What reviloera suggested also worked for me, simply running

ionic plugin add cordova-plugin-geolocation --save

Solved the problem for me on Android 6. Now the app asks for geolocation permission after launch.

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I have this issue and have reinstalled the plugin tried everything But I still get the error “application does not have sufficient geolocation permissions.” Is there anyone sample code for ionic 3 I can check use?