MOBILE-4113 geolocation: Fix screen locked before allowing

src/core/services/geolocation.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ import { CoreApp } from '@services/app';
 import { CoreAnyError, CoreError } from '@classes/errors/error';
 import { Geolocation, Diagnostic, makeSingleton } from '@singletons';
 import { CoreUtils } from './utils/utils';
+import { CorePlatform } from './platform';
+import { CoreSilentError } from '@classes/errors/silenterror';
+import { CoreSubscriptions } from '@singletons/subscriptions';
 
 @Injectable({ providedIn: 'root' })
 export class CoreGeolocationProvider {
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ export class CoreGeolocationProvider {
                 }
             // Fall through.
             case Diagnostic.permissionStatus.NOT_REQUESTED:
-                await Diagnostic.requestLocationAuthorization();
+                await this.requestLocationAuthorization();
                 await CoreApp.waitForResume(500);
                 await this.doAuthorizeLocation(true);
 
@@ -133,6 +136,24 @@ export class CoreGeolocationProvider {
         return CoreUtils.promiseWorks(Diagnostic.getLocationAuthorizationStatus());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Request and return the location authorization status for the application.
+     */
+    protected async requestLocationAuthorization(): Promise<void> {
+        if (!CoreApp.isIOS()) {
+            await Diagnostic.requestLocationAuthorization();
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // In iOS, the modal disappears when the screen is locked and the promise never ends. Treat that case.
+        return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+            // Don't display an error if app is sent to the background, just finish the process.
+            const unsubscribe = CoreSubscriptions.once(CorePlatform.pause, () => reject(new CoreSilentError()));
+            Diagnostic.requestLocationAuthorization().then(() => resolve(), reject).finally(() => unsubscribe());
+        });
+    }
+
 }
 
 export const CoreGeolocation = makeSingleton(CoreGeolocationProvider);

src/core/services/utils/dom.ts

@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ export class CoreDomUtilsProvider {
      * @param error Error to check.
      * @return Whether it's a canceled error.
      */
-    isSilentError(error: CoreError | CoreTextErrorObject | string): boolean {
+    isSilentError(error: CoreAnyError): boolean {
         return error instanceof CoreSilentError;
     }
 
@@ -1378,8 +1378,8 @@ export class CoreDomUtilsProvider {
         needsTranslate = false,
         autocloseTime?: number,
     ): Promise<HTMLIonAlertElement | null> {
-        if (this.isCanceledError(error)) {
+        if (this.isCanceledError(error) || this.isSilentError(error)) {
-            // It's a canceled error, don't display an error.
+            // It's a canceled or a silent error, don't display an error.
             return null;
         }
 

src/core/singletons/subscriptions.ts

@@ -31,8 +31,13 @@ export class CoreSubscriptions {
      * @param subscribable Subscribable to listen to.
      * @param onSuccess Callback to run when the subscription is updated.
      * @param onError Callback to run when the an error happens.
+     * @return A function to unsubscribe.
      */
-    static once<T>(subscribable: Subscribable<T>, onSuccess: (value: T) => unknown, onError?: (error: unknown) => unknown): void {
+    static once<T>(
+        subscribable: Subscribable<T>,
+        onSuccess: (value: T) => unknown,
+        onError?: (error: unknown) => unknown,
+    ): () => void {
         let unsubscribe = false;
         let subscription: Subscription | null = null;
 
@@ -56,6 +61,8 @@ export class CoreSubscriptions {
         if (unsubscribe) {
             subscription.unsubscribe();
         }
+
+        return () => subscription?.unsubscribe();
     }
 
 }

src/core/singletons/tests/subscriptions.test.ts

@@ -59,4 +59,18 @@ describe('CoreSubscriptions singleton', () => {
         expect(error).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
+    it('allows unsubscribing from outside the once function', async () => {
+        const subject = new Subject();
+        const success = jest.fn();
+        const error = jest.fn();
+
+        const unsubscribe = CoreSubscriptions.once(subject, success, error);
+        unsubscribe();
+
+        subject.next('foo');
+        subject.error('bar');
+        expect(success).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(error).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
 });