I tried your page from my phones browser and I see: Permission denied! Error: Page does not have permission to access location information using Google Gears
I'm in the UK if that helps. I can test again if need be. I have gears enabled in the browser also. Pd. Dan Morrill wrote: > Hello! I can't reproduce this, unfortunately. (Or fortunately, from > my perspective. :) > > I tried that URI you provided on UK RC9, an earlier UK build, on US > RC33, and on a recent build from the cupcake development branch, and > in each case the Gears dialog appeared and correctly asked for > permission to access my location. > > Are you certain that you didn't once accidentally deny it permission? > Gears will remember that, unless you reset the setting. To > double-check, you can go to Browser->Menu->Settings->Gears Settings > and look for your site's name (gad.getpla.net <http://gad.getpla.net>). > > - Dan > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:42 AM, String <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > I've been chasing a bug for the last day in a browser application > using the Google Gears geolocation API. For background on this API if > you're unfamiliar, see > http://code.google.com/apis/gears/api_geolocation.html. > The relevant aspect for now is that it allows retrieval of the > device's GPS coordinates in JavaScript, after asking the user's > permission. > > Al least, it's supposed to ask permission - but on my G1, it doesn't. > The API just fails on a "permission denied" condition, without ever > asking. Everything works fine on every other Gears-enabled browser > I've tried: the page asks for permission, and after you grant it, the > geolocation works. Interestingly, it even works on the Android SDK's > emulator. Just not my G1. > > So I'm posting this here for two reasons. First, I'm located in the > UK, so obviously my G1 is the UK version (firmware 1.1, TMI-RC9). If > someone could try this with a US G1 and report the results, that might > help narrow the problem down. A test on an ADP1 would also provide > another data point. Or another firmware version, if anyone has one. > > My testing page can be found at http://gad.getpla.net/test/geobug.html > You don't need to grant the page permission to read your location if > you don't want to; I'm really just interested in whether or not it > asks. > > Second, does anyone have a good idea who would own this bug? It's > apparently somewhere in the interface between Gears and Chrome-Lite, > but I'm not sure which side of that fence it actually comes down on. > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
