LocationField throws AttributeError because value is always None

[daMichaelB]

Hello there. I have a strange behaviour with the LocationField in my forms.py. I guess i do something wrong, but have no idea what it is (maybe the problem is that i use crispy-forms?)

I have a Spatial LocationField in my model and added it also to my Create-Form.

forms.py

from location_field.forms.spatial import LocationField

class SomeCreateForm(forms.ModelForm):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.fields['location'].initial = "2.0,2.0"

        self.helper = FormHelper()
        self.helper.form_tag = False
        self.helper.layout = Layout(
           ...
            LocationField("location"),
            ...
            Submit("create", "Create", css_class="some_class"),
        )

    class Meta:
        model = Place
        fields = (..., 'location', ...)

Problem:

When LocationField.clean() is called, the value is always None, which leads to a AttributeError. The initial-value gets propagated to self.initial in my case.

class LocationField(PlainLocationField):
    def clean(self, value):
        try:
            lat, lng = value.split(',')
            return Point(float(lng), float(lat))
        except ValueError:
            return None

So as a workaround i created a costum MyLocationField() where i add the initial value directly into the .clean() function. I am looking forward to any kind of help or advice here. Thank you!