[GitHub] [cordova-plugin-geolocation] breautek commented on issue #221: GPS keeps timing out on iOS

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breautek commented on issue #221:
URL: https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-geolocation/issues/221#issuecomment-775453502


   > I've recently upgraded Ionic from 2 to 5 and for some reason this plugin always results in a GPS time out using watch position on iOS, however, it works without issue on Android.
   
   One major philosophy difference between iOS and Android is iOS will try to be smart about battery life consumption by not providing GPS updates if the phone isn't making any "significant" distance change. I think by default, this is ~5 meters. I have a feeling you might be hitting into this.
   
   Additionally, in my experience, iOS devices is more likely to not provide any GPS updates at all in certain environmental conditions, such as being in a concrete building, whereas Android might (although inaccurate) GPS updates in the same environment. If I wanted to test iOS with real GPS data, I have to physically go outside with my iOS device(s).
   
   You can **try** using my fork at https://github.com/totalpave/cordova-plugin-geolocation.git#totalpave/v1.0.0 (based off of Apache version of `v4.0.1` The most significant change in the fork is to disable the distance filter via https://github.com/totalpave/cordova-plugin-geolocation/commit/a9233d8838c1cc14d955e6654fa11660a4557901


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