WebView doesn't request or grant camera/location permissions in Hotwire Native Android

[I-Himanshu]

In my Rails web app, features like camera and location work fine in a mobile browser where permissions are requested automatically.

However, when opened in the Hotwire Native Android app, the WebView doesn't request permissions, and access to camera/location is blocked.

Expected:

• App should request permissions (camera, location, etc.)
• Once granted, web app should be able to access them via JS APIs

Actual:

• No permission prompt
• Features like navigator.geolocation or camera input silently fail

Would be great if Hotwire Native Android supported auto-requesting and granting these permissions to the WebView.

[jayohms]

For camera capture, no permission is necessary if a file input accepts images, such as:

<input type="file" accept="image/*">

A camera capture intent is created in this case. See: https://github.com/hotwired/hotwire-native-android/blob/main/core/src/main/kotlin/dev/hotwire/core/files/delegates/CameraCaptureDelegate.kt#L56-L59

If this isn't working properly, please reproduce in the demo app and we'll take a look. Rails demo app: https://github.com/hotwired/hotwire-native-demo

For geolocation, there is built-in functionality to request the location permission. See: https://github.com/hotwired/hotwire-native-android/blob/main/core/src/main/kotlin/dev/hotwire/core/files/delegates/GeolocationPermissionDelegate.kt

Note that navigator.geolocation only works on https pages.