Hi Deon,
Thanks for providing all of the details for your setup. I am wondering if this is just a timing issue... At first I was able to seemingly reproduce your issue on my device (Samsung S10) while stationary. As the position bounces around I am getting momentary speed and direction readings from my internal GNSS receiver. If I don't quite coincide this when the pulldata function is triggered (either on form load or when you manually tap the GPS icon in the map widget), then I don't get the direction information into my survey.
I have to ask- are you triggering the pulldata function whilst actually in motion? I found that even at walking pace, my device is constantly providing a speed / direction which is consistently being pulled correctly into my survey. Are you noticing consistent direction readings in the Location Status page, or are they momentary?
Another explanation, although very unlikely, would be due to the way we handle network positions in Android devices. GPS positions are updated every second and network positions every 20 seconds. Network positions are stationary and don't have a speed or direction so if you pulled the data from @geopoint at that moment you'll never get a speed or direction value. We have a fix for this scenario in place that is currently being tested and will be in the next release of Survey123, but as I mentioned it's very doubtful to be causing your issue.
Brett
