location not retrieved by geolocator

[sami7568]

geolocation.getCurrentLocation is not working in my flutter application.

i am using geolocator ^6.1.2 compileSdkVersion: 30 minSdkVersion: 21 targetSdkVersion: 30

[afxgroup]

Same here. But with latest version. It is stuck in await Geolocator.getCurrentPosition(); and never returns

[zs-dima]

if i use ACCESS_FILE_LOCATION i can get the location while if i use ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION nothing is returned in the android emulator an it remain stuck in getCurrentPosition().

I have the same issue from 7.0.0 version to 7.0.3 geolocator version

https://github.com/Baseflow/flutter-geolocator/issues/507

[florissmit1]

Can you provide more information about the device you're using? Be more specific about the issue, by providing your flutter doctor -v and maybe some example code. I must mention that there are known issues with Xiaomi devices.

[zs-dima]

@florissmit1 thanks for reply I have this issue on default Android emulator as well.

[zs-dima]

>flutter doctor -v
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[Archit-crypto]

using latest version of geolocator and flutter but can,t get the location after applying this code 'await Geolocator.getCurrentPosition(); '

[Akash84016]

i am also faced same issue, its work few days ago when i complete testing and today i m check its not work

[iamEtornam]

I'm facing same issue on Samsung A21. Any possible fix?

[Anullos]

i have the same problem, " await Geolocator.getCurrentPosition(); " dont return Position, with mobile from honor8x

[kirill-plotnikov]

same issue

[ghost]

I have the same issue if my global location is active but "Use location in work profile" is off. It doesn't throw any error, just stucked.

[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 2.2.1, on macOS 11.4 20F71 darwin-x64, locale fr-FR) • Flutter version 2.2.1 • Framework revision 02c026b03c (5 days ago), 2021-05-27 12:24:44 -0700 • Engine revision 0fdb562ac8 • Dart version 2.13.1

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geolocator: ^7.0.3

[nikhiysham]

I try set forceAndroidLocationManager to true and its working. Not sure why

Position position = await Geolocator.getCurrentPosition(forceAndroidLocationManager: true);

[zs-dima]

@nikhiysham forceAndroidLocationManager:true does NOT work for my case

[anjanpatel79]

I try set forceAndroidLocationManager to true and its working. Not sure why

Position position = await Geolocator.getCurrentPosition(forceAndroidLocationManager: true);

This is working. Use: Position position = await Geolocator.getCurrentPosition( forceAndroidLocationManager: true, desiredAccuracy: LocationAccuracy.best, );

[florissmit1]

I suggest looking at the Geolocator example application. For me it's working fine on Android emulator / Samsung / Oppo test device using flutter 2.2.1. @zs-dima also, you're using an unstable version of Flutter, can you try using a stable version of Flutter?

@sami7568 @zs-dima can you provide a code snippet of the code you're using to get the currentPosition?

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[barbalex]

I have the exact same problem. It worked yesterday or the day before. Today await Geolocator.getCurrentPosition seems to do absolutely nothing. I changed nothing apart from updating flutter_map.

Why was this closed?

[barbalex]

So I saw that this bot seems more intelligent than expected. I will try to give you more information:

derterminePosition.dart:

import 'package:geolocator/geolocator.dart';

determinePosition() async {
  bool serviceEnabled;
  LocationPermission permission;

  // Test if location services are enabled.
  serviceEnabled = await Geolocator.isLocationServiceEnabled();
  if (!serviceEnabled) {
    // Location services are not enabled don't continue
    // accessing the position and request users of the
    // App to enable the location services.
    return Future.error('Location services are disabled.');
  }

  permission = await Geolocator.checkPermission();
  if (permission == LocationPermission.denied) {
    permission = await Geolocator.requestPermission();
    if (permission == LocationPermission.denied) {
      // Permissions are denied, next time you could try
      // requesting permissions again (this is also where
      // Android's shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale
      // returned true. According to Android guidelines
      // your App should show an explanatory UI now.
      return Future.error('Location permissions are denied');
    }
  }

  if (permission == LocationPermission.deniedForever) {
    // Permissions are denied forever, handle appropriately.
    return Future.error(
        'Location permissions are permanently denied, we cannot request permissions.');
  }

  // When we reach here, permissions are granted and we can
  // continue accessing the position of the device.
  // use getPositionStream for updates
  return await Geolocator.getCurrentPosition();
}

locate.dart:

import 'dart:async';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:get/get.dart';
import 'package:latlong2/latlong.dart';
import 'determinePosition.dart';
import 'package:geolocator/geolocator.dart';
import 'package:flutter_map/flutter_map.dart';

class MapMenuLocate extends StatelessWidget {
  final MapController mapController;
  MapMenuLocate({required this.mapController});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    final toggleButtonsSelected = <bool>[false].obs;

    return Container(
      color: Theme.of(context).primaryColor.withOpacity(0.2),
      child: ToggleButtons(
        children: [
          Tooltip(
              child: Icon(Icons.my_location),
              message: 'Pan to current location'),
        ],
        isSelected: toggleButtonsSelected,
        onPressed: (int index) async {
          print('pressed: $index');
          toggleButtonsSelected[index] = true;
          Timer(
            Duration(seconds: 1),
            () {
              toggleButtonsSelected[index] = false;
            },
          );
          Position? position;
          try {
            position = await determinePosition();
          } catch (e) {
            Get.snackbar(
              'Error accessing position',
              e.toString(),
              snackPosition: SnackPosition.BOTTOM,
            );
          }
          if (position?.latitude != null && position?.longitude != null) {
            mapController.move(
              LatLng(
                position?.latitude ?? 0,
                position?.longitude ?? 0,
              ),
              13,
            );
          }
        },
        direction: Axis.vertical,
        selectedColor: Colors.white,
        fillColor: Theme.of(context).primaryColor.withOpacity(0.5),
        selectedBorderColor: Theme.of(context).primaryColor,
        borderColor: Theme.of(context).primaryColor,
      ),
    );
  }
}

And here the widget that calls MapMenuLocate: (uses ToggleButtons even though it is a single button because this is a group of ToggleButtons and this is the only one with a single button)

import 'dart:async';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:get/get.dart';
import 'package:latlong2/latlong.dart';
import 'determinePosition.dart';
import 'package:geolocator/geolocator.dart';
import 'package:flutter_map/flutter_map.dart';

class MapMenuLocate extends StatelessWidget {
  final MapController mapController;
  MapMenuLocate({required this.mapController});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    final toggleButtonsSelected = <bool>[false].obs;

    return Container(
      color: Theme.of(context).primaryColor.withOpacity(0.2),
      child: ToggleButtons(
        children: [
          Tooltip(
              child: Icon(Icons.my_location),
              message: 'Pan to current location'),
        ],
        isSelected: toggleButtonsSelected,
        onPressed: (int index) async {
          print('pressed: $index');
          toggleButtonsSelected[index] = true;
          Timer(
            Duration(seconds: 1),
            () {
              toggleButtonsSelected[index] = false;
            },
          );
          Position? position;
          try {
            position = await determinePosition();
          } catch (e) {
            Get.snackbar(
              'Error accessing position',
              e.toString(),
              snackPosition: SnackPosition.BOTTOM,
            );
          }
          if (position?.latitude != null && position?.longitude != null) {
            mapController.move(
              LatLng(
                position?.latitude ?? 0,
                position?.longitude ?? 0,
              ),
              13,
            );
          }
        },
        direction: Axis.vertical,
        selectedColor: Colors.white,
        fillColor: Theme.of(context).primaryColor.withOpacity(0.5),
        selectedBorderColor: Theme.of(context).primaryColor,
        borderColor: Theme.of(context).primaryColor,
      ),
    );
  }
}

Do you need more info?

[florissmit1]

@barbalex Thanks for the extensive information you provided. Your code seems good to me to be honest. Just to be sure, did you add:

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

to your AndroidManifest? And:

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

To your info.plist? Also, are you able to provide your flutter doctor -v and which version of geolocator you're using?

[barbalex]

@florissmit1 Yes I did.

It seems to be related with the (configuration of the?) virtual device used. My usually used one crashed yesterday and I started one I use rarely. Here it does not work. Even though a location is set.

I now wiped all user data from the usual one I use which enabled me to restart my app in it again. And now it works.

So it seems to have nothing to do with my code and neither with flutter-geolocator. Sorry for bugging you.

And thanks a lot for giving us this great tool!

[fomekong83]

Have same issue !! GETTING USER LOCATION

var location = await Geolocator.getCurrentPosition(desiredAccuracy: LocationAccuracy.best,forceAndroidLocationManager: true);

not returning.

flutter doctor -v

[√] Flutter (Channel stable, 2.2.2, on Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19042.1052], locale en-US) • Flutter version 2.2.2 at C:\flutter • Framework revision d79295af24 (3 weeks ago), 2021-06-11 08:56:01 -0700 • Engine revision 91c9fc8fe0 • Dart version 2.13.3

[√] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 30.0.1) • Android SDK at C:\Users***\AppData\Local\Android\sdk • Platform android-30, build-tools 30.0.1 • Java binary at: C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jre\bin\java • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.8+10-b944.6842174) • All Android licenses accepted.

[X] Chrome - develop for the web (Cannot find Chrome executable at .\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe) ! Cannot find Chrome. Try setting CHROME_EXECUTABLE to a Chrome executable.

[√] Android Studio • Android Studio at C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio • Flutter plugin can be installed from: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9212-flutter • Dart plugin can be installed from: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/6351-dart • android-studio-dir = C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.8+10-b944.6842174)

[√] VS Code (version 1.57.1) • VS Code at C:\Users***\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code • Flutter extension version 3.14.1

[√] Connected device (2 available)

HERE IS MY CODE

Future<Position> _determinePosition() async { bool serviceEnabled; LocationPermission permission;

// Test if location services are enabled.
serviceEnabled = await Geolocator.isLocationServiceEnabled();
if (!serviceEnabled) {
  return Future.error('Location services are disabled.');
}

permission = await Geolocator.checkPermission();
if (permission == LocationPermission.denied) {
  permission = await Geolocator.requestPermission();
  if (permission == LocationPermission.denied) {
    return Future.error('Location permissions are denied');
  }
}

if (permission == LocationPermission.deniedForever) {
  // Permissions are denied forever, handle appropriately.
  return Future.error(
      'Location permissions are permanently denied, we cannot request permissions.');
}

var location = await Geolocator.getCurrentPosition(desiredAccuracy: LocationAccuracy.best,forceAndroidLocationManager: true);

return location;

}

THIS IS HOW I CALL IT

FutureBuilder( builder: (context,snapshot){ switch(snapshot.connectionState){ case ConnectionState.waiting: return Text("Loading Location"); default: if (snapshot.hasError) return Text('Error can't get your location: ${snapshot.error}'); else return Text('Result: ${snapshot.data}'); } }, future: _determinePosition(), ),

I ADDED THESE INTO MY ANDROID MANIFEST

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

I'M USING geolocator: ^7.2.0+1

MY GRADLE LOOKS LIKE THIS

android { compileSdkVersion 30

sourceSets {
    main.java.srcDirs += 'src/main/kotlin'
}

defaultConfig {
    // TODO: Specify your own unique Application ID (https://developer.android.com/studio/build/application-id.html).
   
    minSdkVersion 20
    targetSdkVersion 30
    versionCode flutterVersionCode.toInteger()
    versionName flutterVersionName
}

I'M NEW IN THIS . HELP HELP

[aozuraa]

had the same issue. when used on an emulator use an app that fakes location this fixed it for me, the built-in location changer of emulators does not work.

[cramble19]

had the same issue. when used on an emulator use an app that fakes location this fixed it for me, the built-in location changer of emulators does not work.

Can you please tell where can i get the app from? I am new into these environments and i have not been able to use geolocator in my emulator in few days and its bugging me a lot. No data is returned by await statement

[sami7568]

Thanks for your email. I have solved it

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had the same issue. when used on an emulator use an app that fakes location this fixed it for me, the built-in location changer of emulators does not work.

Can you please tell where can i get the app from? I am new into these environments and i have not been able to use geolocator in my emulator in few days and its bugging me a lot. No data is returned by await statement

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[tinvyhx]

same issue

await Geolocator.getCurrentPosition(forceAndroidLocationManager: Platform.isAndroid);
print('over')
//over not presented;

device sony xperia B8342

Doctor summary (to see all details, run flutter doctor -v): [✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 2.8.1, on macOS 11.6.1 20G224 darwin-x64, locale zh-Hans-CN) [✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 32.0.0) [✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 13.2.1) [✓] Chrome - develop for the web [✓] Android Studio (version 2020.3) [✓] VS Code (version 1.64.2) [✓] Connected device (2 available)

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

[rodgav]

activar GPS en genymotion.

[your3i]

had the same issue, in my case it's because my device was not connected to the internet

[reschaefer]

I had the same problem and since it doesn't show any errors, to solve it I include the method inside a Future.delayed, I determined a duration, and if there is no response, the application continues working normally

[EmmanuelO11]

Still now resolution for this?

[beamlakTadesse]

I am facing the same issue any resolution?