A Flutter plugin to get location updates in the background for both Android and iOS. Uses CoreLocation
for iOS and FusedLocationProvider
for Android
1: Add this to your package’s pubspec.yaml file:
dependencies:
flutter_background_location: ^0.0.4
2: Install packages from the command line:
$ flutter packages get
Alternatively, your editor might support flutter packages get. Check the docs for your editor to learn more.
Import the package where you wanna use it.
import 'package:flutter_background_location/flutter_background_location.dart';
Start the location service. This will also ask the user for permission if not asked previously by another package.
FlutterBackgroundLocation.startLocationService();
getLocationUpdates
will trigger everytime the location updates on the device. Provide a callback function to getLocationUpdates
to handle location update.
FlutterBackgroundLocation.getLocationUpdates((location) {
print(location);
});
location is a Class
exposing the following properties.
double latitude;
double longitude;
double altitude;
double bearing;
double accuracy;
double speed;
To stop listening to location changes you can execute.
BackgroundLocation.stopLocationService();
Complete working application Example
Author: DineshKachhot
GitHub: https://github.com/DineshKachhot/flutter_background_location_update
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