Fix iOS Safari geolocation re-prompting on reload#69
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iOS Safari re-prompts geolocation permission on every getCurrentPosition call after a page reload. Replace the getCurrentPosition + setInterval pattern with watchPosition which triggers only one permission prompt and continuously delivers updates. Also guard navigator.permissions.query() which is unsupported on iOS Safari, and add error callbacks for permission denied, position unavailable, and timeout scenarios.
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Summary
On iOS Safari, users are re-prompted for geolocation permission after every page reload. This is caused by using
getCurrentPosition()inside asetInterval()— each call triggers a fresh permission prompt on iOS Safari. Additionally,navigator.permissions.query()is unsupported on iOS Safari, causing the permission banner logic to fail silently.Changes
getCurrentPosition+setIntervalpattern withwatchPosition, which triggers only one permission prompt and continuously delivers position updatesnavigator.permissions.query()with a feature check for iOS Safari compatibilityPERMISSION_DENIED,POSITION_UNAVAILABLE, andTIMEOUT!== "granted"to=== "denied"so the banner doesn't show for the "prompt" state (letwatchPositiontrigger the actual prompt first)Files Changed
src/App.jsx— Replaced geolocation logic (all changes confined to this file)CHANGELOG.md— Updated under[Unreleased]Test Plan