(In reply to Emilio Cobos Álvarez (:emilio) from comment #7)
> How does this compare to the portal service that was recently added for
> Flatpak and so on? Do we really need both?
Portal service is a limited API for Flatpak containers that internally
forwards to Geoclue. Without Flatpak runtime t
By the way, WebKitGTK got Geoclue2 support already.
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Title:
Location requested by websites should be able to use GPS/mobile
positioning
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Created attachment 9275622
Bug 1063572 - Geoclue2 geolocation provider. r=emilio
Add a Geoclue (version 2) geolocation provider.
This way Firefox can make use of multiple location sources present in the
system, from GNSS provided by a cellular modem or the current network to
location based on vi
I do have a Geoclue2 geolocation provider for gecko-dev right now and
have been using it in Firefox for a few weeks now.
This provider is purely (G)D-Bus based, so it doesn't need any additional
external library as a dependency.
I envision it as a system-wide geolocation source, much like the one
