Start watching position after finish loading platform code

www/assets/js/location.js

@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ var geoerrorcount = 0;
 
 var mapLocationControlStarted = false;
 
-if ("geolocation" in navigator) {
+function setupPositionWatcher() {
+    if ("geolocation" in navigator) {
         navigator.geolocation.watchPosition(function (position) {
             userPosition.coords = position.coords;
             userPosition.updated = time();
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ if ("geolocation" in navigator) {
             timeout: 5000,
             maximumAge: 0
         });
-} else {
+    } else {
         geoerrorcount++;
         console.log("Warn", "Geolocation error #" + geoerrorcount + ": ", error);
         // Stop showing error toasts if they're happening a lot
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ if ("geolocation" in navigator) {
                 closeTimeout: 1000 * 3
             });
         }
+    }
 }
 
 /**

www/assets/js/platform.js

@@ -169,12 +169,12 @@ function initCordova() {
             });
         }
 
-//        if (getStorage("runinbackground") == "true") {
-//            cordova.plugins.foregroundService.start('PackageHelper', 'GPS active');
-//        }
-
         // Make sure the status bar color is set properly
         applyColorTheme();
+
+        // start watching user position after everything's done, hopefully this will make it work
+        // with ios
+        setupPositionWatcher();
     }, false);
     openBrowser = function (url) {
         cordova.InAppBrowser.open(url, '_blank', 'location=yes');
@@ -266,6 +266,8 @@ function initNW() {
         require('nw.gui').Shell.openExternal($(this).attr("href"));
         evt.preventDefault();
     });
+
+    setupPositionWatcher();
 }
 
 function initBrowser() {
@@ -285,6 +287,8 @@ function initBrowser() {
         window.open($(this).attr("href"), "_blank");
         evt.preventDefault();
     });
+
+    setupPositionWatcher();
 }
 
 function initPlatform() {