geolocator 1.3.0

Geolocation plugin for Flutter. This plugin provides a cross-platform (iOS, Android) API for generic location (GPS etc.) functions.

Flutter Geolocator Plugin

A Flutter geolocation plugin which provides easy access to the platform specific location services (LocationManager on Android and CLLocationManager on iOS).

Branch	Build Status
develop
master

Features

• Get the current location of the device;
• Get continuous location updates;
• Translate an address to geocoordinates and vice verse (a.k.a. Geocoding);
• Calculate the distance (in meters) between two geocoordinates.

Usage

To use this plugin, add geolocator as a dependency in your pubspec.yaml file. For example:

dependencies:
  geolocator: '^1.3.0'

NOTE: There's a known issue with integrating plugins that use Swift into a Flutter project created with the Objective-C template. See issue Flutter#16049 for help on integration.

API

Geolocation

To query the current location of the device simply make a call to the getPosition method:

import 'package:geolocator/geolocator.dart';
import 'package:geolocator/models/location_accuracy.dart';
import 'package:geolocator/models/position.dart';

Position position = await Geolocator().getPosition(LocationAccuracy.High);

To listen for location changes you can subscribe to the onPositionChanged stream. Supply an instance of the LocationOptions class to configure the desired accuracy and the minimum distance change (in meters) before updates are send to the application.

import 'package:geolocator/geolocator.dart';
import 'package:geolocator/models/location_accuracy.dart';
import 'package:geolocator/models/position.dart';

var geolocator = Geolocator();
var locationOptions = LocationOptions(accuracy: LocationAccuracy.High, distanceFilter: 10);

StreamSubscription<Position> positionStream = geolocator.getPositionStream(locationOptions).listen(
    (Position position) {
        print(_position == null ? 'Unknown' : _position.latitude.toString() + ', ' + _position.longitude.toString());
    });

Geocoding

To translate an address into latitude and longitude coordinates you can use the toPlacemark method:

import 'package:geolocator/geolocator.dart';
import 'package:geolocator/models/placemark.dart';

Placemark placemark = await Geolocator().toPlacemark("Gronausestraat 710, Enschede");

If you want to translate latitude and longitude coordinates into an address you can use the fromPlacemark method:

import 'package:geolocator/geolocator.dart';
import 'package:geolocator/models/placemark.dart';

Placemark placemark = await new Geolocator().toPlacemark(52.2165157, 6.9437819);

Calculate distance

To calculate the distance (in meters) between two geocoordinates you can use the distanceBetween method. The distanceBetween method takes four parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
startLatitude	double	Latitude of the start position
startLongitude	double	Longitude of the start position
endLatitude	double	Latitude of the destination position
endLongitude	double	Longitude of the destination position

import 'package:geolocator/geolocator.dart';

double distanceInMeters = await new Geolocator().distanceBetween(52.2165157, 6.9437819, 52.3546274, 4.8285838);

See also the example project for a complete implementation.

Permissions

Android

On Android you'll need to add the ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION and ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permissions to your Android Manifest. Todo so open the AndroidManifest.xml file and add the following two lines as direct children of the <manifest> tag:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />

iOS

On iOS you'll need to add the NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription to your Info.plist file in order to access the device's location. Simply open your Info.plist file and add the following:

<key>NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
<string>This app needs access to location when open.</string>

If you would like to access the device's location when your App is running in the background, you should also add the NSLocationAlwaysAndWhenInUseUsageDescription (if your App support iOS 10 or earlier you should also add the key NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription) key to your Info.plist file:

<key>NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription</key>
<string>This app needs access to location when in the background.</string>
<key>NSLocationAlwaysAndWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
<string>This app needs access to location when open and in the background.</string>

Location accuracy

The table below outlines the accuracy options per platform:

	Android	iOS
Lowest	500m	3000m
Low	500m	1000m
Medium	100 - 500m	100m
High	0 - 100m	10m
Best	0 - 100m	~0m

Issues

Please file any issues, bugs or feature request as an issue on our GitHub page.

Want to contribute

If you would like to contribute to the plugin (e.g. by improving the documentation, solving a bug or adding a cool new feature), please carefully review our contribution guide and send us your pull request.

Author

This Geolocator plugin for Flutter is developed by Baseflow. You can contact us at [e-mail]