Web app GPS works in Android Native browser but not in app with webview

Question

I've made a web app that accesses the GPS on smartphones and tablets.

The app works perfect in the native browser on Android, but when I try to run the app through a webview application that I've made, the GPS doesn't work.

I have set the permissions as described in the documentation:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />

Am I missing something?

Maybe you missed to activiate something for the WebView. For example in WebView you have to manually activate JavaScript. — Thommy, Mar 06 '12 at 15:15
Javascript is enabled; mWebView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true); — frontendherodk, Mar 06 '12 at 15:28
This fixed the problem: The problem was solved with this post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5329662/android-webview-geolocation — frontendherodk, Mar 08 '12 at 10:56

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 06 '12 at 15:23

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Have you added these permissions in AndroidManifest.xml?

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_MOCK_LOCATION" />

answered Mar 06 '12 at 15:23

Roman Black

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Both permissions are added to the Manifest – frontendherodk Mar 07 '12 at 09:20

Web app GPS works in Android Native browser but not in app with webview

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