Geolocation with LockerService

Question

A simple code getting current user geolocation is strangely ... ignored: it doesn't go to the success callback, neither in the error callBack, so I really have no idea of the cause. As window.geolocation is provided in LockerService secureWindow, I assume it's supposed to work ... but how ?

Many thanks & best regards

Sample code to reproduce:

 getCurrentPositionHlp : function(component,event) {
    debugger;
    if (window.navigator.geolocation) {
        var GeolocOptions = {
            enableHighAccuracy: true,
            timeout: 5000,
            maximumAge: 0
        };            
        var selfPos45 = this ;
        window.navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(
            function(position){
                debugger;
                var lat = position.coords.latitude;
                var lon = position.coords.longitude;
                component.set('v.currentLatitude',lat);
                component.set('v.currentLongitude',lon);
                selfPos45.logHlp('info','GEOLOC: Set current position to '+lat+' - '+lon+ '(accuracy: ' + acc + ' meters)');
            } ,
            function(err){
                debugger;
                selfPos45.lohHlp('warning','GEOLOC ERROR:(' + err.code + '): ' + err.message);
            },
            GeolocOptions);
    }
    else
    {
        this.logHlp('warning','GEOLOC: Unable to get navigator current position')
    }       
}, 

Answer 1

We use navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition() in a Lightning for Communities app with LockerService enabled.

Here's some sample code you can use to prove that it works within LockerService. Set up an init handler in your component, then add this to your controller.

// asks the user to get the location of their browser
doInit: function(component, event, helper) {
    navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function(e) {
        console.log(e.coords.latitude + ', ' + e.coords.longitude);
    }, function() {
        console.log('There was an error.');
    });
}

Refresh the page that holds this component with the dev console open and you'll see your lat/long.