Location permission prompt not showing up in browser when navigating to a route that uses Geolocation

[danielparas]

Hi, not sure if this is a browser bug or plugin bug. I have a particular route that uses Geolocation.latLng(). I am testing the situation for new users i.e. no location permission settings have ben set for the domain on which the meteor app is hosted.

1. All works well when the route is access directly via it's URL. i.e. on accessing the route directly, browser (chrome) correctly prompts the user to ask permission to allow his/her location to be used.
2. Does not work well when the route is navigated via a link/button within application interface. i.e. once the route is loaded, there is no prompt by the browser to ask permission to use the current location, neither is an error thrown by Geolocation.error() (remains null)

When tesitng on firefox and safari all works well in both cases. (Can this be a chrome bug?)

It's good to note that when location is allowed or denied to the domain beforehand, scenario 2 works well, in the sense that Geolocation.latLng() returns the location coordinates if previously allowed or Geolocation.error() returns the error message if prevously denied.

Other notes:

• I have multipe calls to the Geolocation.latLng() within template helpers and onCreate (within autorun) and they are being called in both cases.
• Meteorhack flowrouter is being used.

Thanks in advance for any insights on this matter!

Dan

[StorytellerCZ]

Could be a router issue or a browser thing if it works in FF and Safari. Either way I'm closing this issue due to age. Feel free to post here if this happens again.