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

There is an extensive post on this subject:

navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition sometimes works sometimes doesn't

Apparently the solution is to check on navigator.geolocation then make the call:

if(navigator.geolocation) { // dummy call
    navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(success, error)
}