[Expo Location] - GetCurrentPositionAsync randomly not working on Android

[gustavoccintrao]

Please provide the following:

1. SDK Version: 47
2. Platforms(Android/iOS/web/all): Android Emulator - Pixel 4 - Api 31

Example of my code:

async function getGeolocationData(registeredAddress: AddressDataProps) {
  console.log("getGeolocationData - getCurrentPositionAsync");
  try {
    const location = await Location.getCurrentPositionAsync({
      accuracy: Location.Accuracy.High,
    });

    console.log("getGeolocationData - reverseGeocodeAsync");
    const reverseGeocodeText = await Location.reverseGeocodeAsync({
      latitude: location.coords.latitude,
      longitude: location.coords.longitude,
    });
  } catch (error) {
    console.log("error", error);
  }
}

Sometimes it works flawlessly, but every now and then I get stuck in the getCurrentPositionAsync( ), the other functions and console.logs never get called. Tried with low accuracy, with interval, but nothing seems to help with the inconsistencies.

[gustavoccintrao]

I’m using this workaround to force a response when the method get stuck:

function handleGetCurrentPosition() {
    return new Promise<LocationObject>((resolve, reject) => {
      let shouldResolve = true;
      let timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>;
      Location.getCurrentPositionAsync().then((res) => {
        if (shouldResolve) {
        //  If we get a response from the API, just return the resolved promise
          clearTimeout(timer);
          resolve(res);
        }
      });
      
      // If the response takes too long, we reject the promise to prevent being stuck forever
      timer = setTimeout(() => {
        shouldResolve = false;
        reject('error');
      }, 5000);
    });
  }

I wait 5 seconds to get some response from the API call and if I didn’t get one, I reject the promise.

[gustavoccintrao]

Here’s some discussion in the expo github page regarding this issue: https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/10756