Android - HTML Geolocation

Question

I'm having trouble of using the geolocation on my website on android phones.

I've got the following javascript code:

if (navigator.geolocation) {
    console.log("true"); //gets logged
    navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(sucess, error, {timeout: 5000});
}

It always times out with error.code 3 and error.message "Timeout expired".

This happens on version 2.x and 4.x of Android.

Please keep in mind that this is NOT in combination with phonegap or similar. It's a plain old website that's opened in a browser.

The code works fine on iPhones.

Is there sth. wrong with my code or is it a problem on the android side?

may be 5 seconds is not enough

njzk2
– njzk2

2013-03-01 15:39:49 +00:00
Commented Mar 1, 2013 at 15:39 — njzk2
– njzk2, Commented Mar 1, 2013 at 15:39
is 'Enable Location' checked in your browser settings ?

njzk2
– njzk2

2013-03-01 16:31:31 +00:00
Commented Mar 1, 2013 at 16:31 — njzk2
– njzk2, Commented Mar 1, 2013 at 16:31

Shouvik · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-08 11:11:00Z

1

I have used the below code on my android without issues. If you want to call the function again just set a timeout in the coordinates function.

if (navigator.geolocation) {
    console.log("true"); //gets logged
    navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(coordinates);
} 

function coordinates(location) {
    latitude =  location.coords.latitude;
    longitude = location.coords.longitude;
}

answered Mar 8, 2013 at 11:11

Shouvik

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