@capacitor/geolocation doesn't error if google services are not installed

[linhaihero]

Discussed in ionic-team/capacitor#5251

^{Originally posted by linhaihero November 18, 2021}
Hello everyone, I am using capacitor for the first time. I follow the steps of https://capacitorjs.com/solution/vue and want to try to make a Hello world. I have added permission in AndroidManifest.xml and allowed it in my phone. Then it didn't work properly, and I couldn't understand the error displayed on the console. Please help, Tell me why, what happened ？ thanks thanks thanks thanks~~

[jcesarmobile]

Are you testing on a real device or an emulator?
That error doesn’t come from Capacitor, but from the GPU.
If you are testing on an emulator, try creating a new one.
You should pick one that includes google services since geolocation plugin uses google’s location services.

[linhaihero]

Are you testing on a real device or an emulator? That error doesn’t come from Capacitor, but from the GPU. If you are testing on an emulator, try creating a new one. You should pick one that includes google services since geolocation plugin uses google’s location services.

Oh, I tested it on a real device. Where is "Google Location Service" introduced? Are there any links to related materials? I thought it was enough to increase the permissions. . Thank you~~

[jcesarmobile]

It’s not something you need to configure in your app, the plugin uses google services under the hood, nothing you should worry about, but it doesn’t work in some emulators.
It can also happen in some real devices in countries where google services are not allowed, such as China, but I think it should return an error saying that the location is not available. Isn’t there any more messages after that?
Can you check in google chrome instead of logcat?
put this in your desktop chrome and you should see your app and you can then inspect web errors
chrome://inspect

[linhaihero]

It’s not something you need to configure in your app, the plugin uses google services under the hood, nothing you should worry about, but it doesn’t work in some emulators. It can also happen in some real devices in countries where google services are not allowed, such as China, but I think it should return an error saying that the location is not available. Isn’t there any more messages after that? Can you check in google chrome instead of logcat? put this in your desktop chrome and you should see your app and you can then inspect web errors chrome://inspect

Thank you very much for your reply. I am here in China, but I used VPN, and the problem still exists on the phone. .

It is normal on my pc chrome..

[jcesarmobile]

A VPN won't help you in this case, the plugin needs this "app" to be installed (google play services)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gms

I thought it would error if it wasn't installed, but looks like it doesn't will look into it.

[linhaihero]

A VPN won't help you in this case, the plugin needs this "app" to be installed (google play services) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gms

I thought it would error if it wasn't installed, but looks like it doesn't will look into it.

Probably not. The test phone already has a full Google service👇

When I click on the link in your reply 👇

[jcesarmobile]

can you update the plugin to the latest version and see if it returns an error or still hangs?

[jcesarmobile]

closing due to the lack of response, the plugin should error now if google Play Services are not available

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