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Anonymous
Jun 05, 2017Sharepoint Framework Geolocation
I created today a simple webpart that uses the navigation object from the browser to take the current location of the user using coordinates, it works perfectly fine on the browser. I wanted to d...
Jun 06, 2017
It's a great suggestion but one that I'm afraid you can't do much about yourself. As you've noticed, the SharePoint app would have to have permissions to access location services on your device, and even then the question is if it could relay these permissions to the browser control it uses to display web pages. I'd say it's definitely something for the engineering team to have a look at. Have you considered submitting a UserVoice entry with the idea?
Anonymous
Jun 06, 2017Thanks Waldek.
I just created the suggestion here:
https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/329220-sharepoint-dev-platform/suggestions/19512391-geolocation-services-on-sharepoint-app-for-mobile
I just created the suggestion here:
https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/329220-sharepoint-dev-platform/suggestions/19512391-geolocation-services-on-sharepoint-app-for-mobile
- Chakkaradeep (Chaks) Chinnakonda ChandranJun 07, 2017Former Employee
Thanks for adding this to the UserVoice!