Capacitor: bug: Geolocation.getCurrentPosition throws error on new permission dialog on iOS 14.2

[abarax]

Bug Report

Capacitor Version

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Latest Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 2.4.2
  @capacitor/core: 2.4.2
  @capacitor/android: 2.4.2
  @capacitor/electron: 2.4.2
  @capacitor/ios: 2.4.2

Installed Dependencies:

  @capacitor/android not installed
  @capacitor/cli 2.4.2
  @capacitor/core 2.4.2
  @capacitor/ios 2.4.2
  @capacitor/electron not installed

  Found 0 Capacitor plugins for ios:
[success] iOS looking great! 👌

Platform(s)

iOS 14.2

Current Behavior

Calling the getCurrentPosition API results in failure during the permission check on iOS 14.2 only. Seemingly the call times out after 2 seconds of waiting on the permission dialog. Console Output from XCode via emulator:

To Native -> Geolocation getCurrentPosition 80463459
APP INACTIVE
ERROR MESSAGE: {"message":"The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCLErrorDomain error 1.)","errorMessage":"The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCLErrorDomain error 1.)"}
⚡️ [error] - ERROR Error: Uncaught (in promise): Error: The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCLErrorDomain error 1.)

Expected Behavior

getCurrentPosition should wait until an option has been selected on the permission dialog.

Code Reproduction

Basic reproduction. Simply hit the 'test' button on tab 1 and you will see the above error in the xcode console.
https://github.com/abarax/capacitor-bug

Only Code added is here:

https://github.com/abarax/capacitor-bug/blob/main/src/app/explore-container/explore-container.component.ts

https://github.com/abarax/capacitor-bug/blob/main/src/app/explore-container/explore-container.component.html

To run:

npm run build
npx cap sync
npx cap open ios

Run via XCode using iOS 14.2 simulator

[zsyphon]

@abarax Have you made any progress on this issue? I am getting the same error.

[abarax]

@zsyphon Right now our workaround is to sit in a loop checking permissions using the query permission API (https://capacitorjs.com/docs/apis/permissions) Once the permission is recognised, only then do we use getCurrentPosition.

I would love to dig in and figure out the cause here, I suspect something changed in the iOS operating system update. I actually think this was not happening on 14.2 beta as well, which is interesting.

[abarax]

Looks like jcesarmobile has a fix though!

[jcesarmobile]

It was happening on iOS 13 too, just took a bit longer to timeout. My PR should fix the problem.

[zsyphon]

@jcesarmobile Thank you!!

[zsyphon]

@zsyphon Right now our workaround is to sit in a loop checking permissions using the query permission API (https://capacitorjs.com/docs/apis/permissions) Once the permission is recognised, only then do we use getCurrentPosition.

I would love to dig in and figure out the cause here, I suspect something changed in the iOS operating system update. I actually think this was not happening on 14.2 beta as well, which is interesting.

@abarax @jcesarmobile Thank you!!

[RopFoo]

Having the same issue..

@zsyphon Right now our workaround is to sit in a loop checking permissions using the query permission API (https://capacitorjs.com/docs/apis/permissions) Once the permission is recognised, only then do we use getCurrentPosition.

I would love to dig in and figure out the cause here, I suspect something changed in the iOS operating system update. I actually think this was not happening on 14.2 beta as well, which is interesting.

@abarax have you used this approach on ios as well? I'm getting this log:
⚡️ [log] - This browser does not support the Permissions API

[dwieeb]

2.4.3 is out with this fix.