[CB-14255] Makes GPS requirement optional in Android

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: cordova-plugin-geolocation
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Xing Chen
• Created: 06/Aug/18 08:05
• Updated: 18/Mar/20 14:23
• Resolved: 18/Mar/20 14:23

Description

Currently, the plugin.xml makes the Android App requires GPS. This causes 2 results:

 1. Apps using the plugin will request FINE location;

 2. Apps using the plugin won't be available on devices without GPS.

This may not be desired.

https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-geolocation/pull/86 addresses part of the problem,

Ideally, a flag controlling whether fine GPS location access is needed would be great.