navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition doesn't work on android google chrome

Question

This code:

navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(                     function(position) {                         alert(position.coords.latitude, position.coords.longitude);                     },                     function(error){                         alert(error.message);                     }, {                         enableHighAccuracy: true                         ,timeout : 5000                     }             ); 

https://jsfiddle.net/FcRpM/ works in Google Chrome at my laptop, but on mobile HTC one S (android 4.1, GPS off, location via mobile networks and wifi enabled), connected to internet via WiFi.

1. Default browser works fine.
2. Google Chrome, Opera, Yandex.browser for android fails with "Timeout expired".

other android apps locates me correct.

Answer 1

You can try this. It seems to work on my device (Samsung Galaxy Nexus running Chrome 27.0.1453.90 on Wi-Fi (no data connection, no GPS on))

navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(     function(position) {          alert("Lat: " + position.coords.latitude + "\nLon: " + position.coords.longitude);     },     function(error){          alert(error.message);     }, {          enableHighAccuracy: true               ,timeout : 5000     } ); 

The problem is that alert only takes strings (in it's original form) however you are passing 2 doubles. Modify the alert box for example to alert('Hey', 'Hello'); and the output will be only Hey. Change the , to + and you'll get the concatenated strings HeyHello. You can't use a + sign inside the alert as the equation will be first executed and then displayed.

Hope this makes it clear.

Answer 2

THERE IS A WORKAROUND: to watchPosition call, and wrapping this in a 5 second wait before clearing the watchID. Code below;

var options = { enableHighAccuracy: true, maximumAge: 100, timeout: 60000 }; if( navigator.geolocation) {    var watchID = navigator.geolocation.watchPosition( gotPos, gotErr, options );    var timeout = setTimeout( function() { navigator.geolocation.clearWatch( watchID ); }, 5000 ); } else {    gotErr(); } 

I haven't played around with the "options" values or the timeout delay at the moment, but the above code brings back accurate positioning info on every platform I've tried.