flutter_location

Description:

flutter location

Flutter Location Plugin #
A Flutter plugin to provide native location.
WARN: This plugin was written in swift/kotlin to be able to use it, you should have created the project with:
flutter create -i swift -a kotlin project_name
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Getting Started #
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For help on editing plugin code, view the documentation.
Add the dependency to your pubspec.yaml file.
dependencies:
flutter_location: ^0.0.4
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For iOS device, add these in lines in the Info.plist file:
<key>NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
<string>This message will be display to the user</string>
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For android device, add these in lines in the AndroidManifest.xml file:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
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Then import the plugin in your code:
import 'package:flutter_location/flutter_location.dart'; // Plugin
import 'package:flutter_location/permission.dart'; // Return type
import 'package:flutter_location/location.dart'; // Return type
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Look into the example for utilisation:
Location _location;
Location _currentLocation;
@override
void initState() {
super.initState();
initLocation();
}

Future<Permission> initPermission() async {
Permission permission;
bool isDetermined = false;
await FlutterLocation.requestPermission;
while (!isDetermined) {
permission = await FlutterLocation.permission;
if (permission == Permission.NOT_DETERMINED) {
await Future.delayed(_waitForUser);
} else {
isDetermined = true;
}
}
return permission;
}

void initLocation() async {
Permission permission;
permission = await initPermission();
Location location;
if (permission == Permission.AUTHORIZED) {
location = await FlutterLocation.location;
FlutterLocation.onLocationChanged.listen(
(location) {
setState(() => this._currentLocation = location);
},
);
}
setState(() {
this._permission = permission;
this._location = location;
});
}
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For more examples check out:

Madrid Bike app
Flutter location example

API #



Methods
Description




Future
Get the level of permission the user has granted to the app (NOT_DETERMINED, DENIED, AUTHORIZED).


Future
Get the location of the user.


Stream
Get the stream of the user's location.


Future
Show pop-up to the user to accept or decline permission authorizations. true if the pop-up was shown false if not (only will request once to show the popup)



Model #
Permission: #

NOT_DETERMINED: Permission not specified
DENIED: The user rejected the authorization
AUTHORIZED: The user granted permission to use location

Location { #

double latitude
double longitude
double accuracy, // in iOS horizontal accuracy
double altitude
double speed