navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition() never returns in WebView on Android

Question

I am trying to access the HTML Geolocation API available in Android WebView (using SDK version 24).

The main problem is that the call to navigator.geolocat

Answer 1

Try with options to set timeout (source):

var options = {
    enableHighAccuracy: true,
    timeout: 10000,
    maximumAge: 0
};

navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(success, error, options);

If it fails then try to override getCurrentPosition (source):

(function() {

if (navigator.geolocation) {
    function PositionError(code, message) {
        this.code = code;
        this.message = message;
    }

    PositionError.PERMISSION_DENIED = 1;
    PositionError.POSITION_UNAVAILABLE = 2;
    PositionError.TIMEOUT = 3;
    PositionError.prototype = new Error();

    navigator.geolocation._getCurrentPosition = navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition;

    navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition = function(success, failure, options) {
        var successHandler = function(position) {
            if ((position.coords.latitude == 0 && position.coords.longitude == 0) ||
                (position.coords.latitude == 37.38600158691406 && position.coords.longitude == -122.08200073242188)) 
                return failureHandler(new PositionError(PositionError.POSITION_UNAVAILABLE, 'Position unavailable')); 

            failureHandler = function() {};
            success(position);
        }

        var failureHandler = function(error) {
            failureHandler = function() {};
            failure(error);
        }

        navigator.geolocation._getCurrentPosition(successHandler, failureHandler, options);

        window.setTimeout(function() { failureHandler(new PositionError(PositionError.TIMEOUT, 'Timed out')) }, 10000);
    }
}
})();

As a third option annotate with @JavascriptInterface (source) in EmbeddedChromeClient

Also add at the proper place in your code:

mWebSettings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
//...
mWebSettings.setSupportZoom(true);
webView.addJavascriptInterface(new EmbeddedChromeClient(webView), "injectedObject");
webView.loadData("html here", "text/html", null);

The last option is just to use tags in html, load the html from disk storage, replace tags in the calling function, load the html/string in the webView. I have used this approach before in Android when positioning frustrated me too much. Then you don't have to worry about https either.