Ionic app doesn't ask permission to access location while installing - ionic-framework

Question

I've followed the following steps to create an app:
ionic start ionic-maps blank
cd ionic-maps
ionic setup sass
ionic io init
ionic platform add android
bower install ngCordova
Added the following lines to index.html:
<script src="lib/ngCordova/dist/ng-cordova.js"></script>
<script src="cordova.js"></script>
Changed app.js to include ngCordova:
angular.module('starter', ['ionic', 'starter.controllers', 'ngCordova'])
Installed the geolocation plugin:
cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-geolocation
app.js:
.state('app.location', {
url: '/location',
views: {
'menuContent': {
templateUrl: 'templates/location.html',
controller: 'LocationCtrl'
}
}
})
location.html:
<ion-view view-title="Search">
<ion-content>
<h1>Location: {{location}}</h1>
</ion-content>
</ion-view>
controllers.js:
.controller('LocationCtrl', function($scope, $state, $cordovaGeolocation) {
$scope.location = 'Waiting';
var options = {timeout: 10000, enableHighAccuracy: true};
$cordovaGeolocation.getCurrentPosition(options).then(function(position) {
var lat = position.coords.latitude;
var lng = position.coords.longitude;
console.log(lat, lng);
$scope.location = lat + ' ' + lng;
}, function(error) {
console.log('Could not get location: ', error);
$scope.location = 'Could not get location: ' + error + ' :: ' + JSON.stringify(error);
});
})
If I open the /location endpoint in my phone's browser (using ionic serve) I'm shown my current location correctly. So far everything works as expected.
/platforms/android/AndroidManifest.xml has the following lines in it:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
I'm building the app using the new cloud package builder using ionic package build android. ionic package list shows that the build was successful.
I expected that I'll be asked for location permission while installing the app from apk. But I'm only asked for full network access. On visiting the /locations screen I get an error [object PositionError. json.stringify(error) is {} and Object.keys(error).length is 0.
Using navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition instead of $cordovaGeolocation.getCurrentPosition doesn't help.
alert(error.code) is 2 and alert(error.message) is application does not have sufficient geolocation permisions.
PS: I've ensured that GPS is enabled and it works on other apps.

Answer 1

Run cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-geolocation with --save option i.e. cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-geolocation --save so that the plugin gets added to config.xml.
Alt: adding "cordova-plugin-geolocation" to "cordovaPlugins" in package.json also solves the issue but has been deprecated.