Getting geo-locationn on Safari embedded in Watch OS

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Created Oct ’23

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Wondering if anyone has had any luck with getting the geo-location while viewing a web page in mobile Safari on Watch OS? I've updated my phone and watch to the latest versions.

The code I'm using is standard Javascript for geolocation such as

navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(showPosition, showPositionError);

Works fine when I run it in Safari on my laptop, but when I try to run the same thing on apple watch in embedded web browser, get an "Access Denied" error, which would imply that I have some permission set wrong either on the watch or the paired iPhone. I've messed with many of those settings and nothing seems to be working.

Wondering if it's stated somewhere that it simply won't work so I don't continue chasing my tail on something that was designed not to work.

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tolidano OP

Jul ’24

I am trying this as well and I believe I'm hitting the "showPositionError" case for this command. The coordinates are never there, and the success callback never fires later either. This works perfectly well on desktops, laptops, and the paired iPhone. It's almost as if watchOS refuses to pass the location to the browser. I have attempted to set the "Location" to "Allow" (instead of Ask or Deny) in the Safari app settings on the paired iPhone in case that might help, but no change.

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