geolocator_apple

The official iOS and macOS implementation of the geolocator plugin by Baseflow.

Usage

Since version 7.5.0 of the geolocator plugin this is the endorsed iOS and macOS implementation. This means it will automatically be added to your dependencies when you depend on geolocator: ^7.5.0 in your applications pubspec.yaml.

More detailed instructions on using the API can be found in the README.md of the geolocator package.

Issues

Please file any issues, bugs or feature requests as an issue on our GitHub page. Commercial support is available, you can contact us at hello@baseflow.com.

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.

2.3.14

• Updates flutter_lints to version 6.0.0.

2.3.13

• Adds Swift Package Manager compatibility.

2.3.12

• Removed deprecated -[UIApplication openURL:] dead code.

2.3.11

• Adds privacy manifest for macOS to the podspec.

2.3.10

• Updated dart sdk to sdk: ^3.5.0
• Fixed example project warnings

2.3.9

• Adds privacy manifest for macOS.

2.3.8+1

• HOT FIX: Adds back implementation of the stopListening method in the GeolocationHandler.m file.

2.3.8

• Uses different CLLocationManager instances, for one time request location and persistent request location.
• Fixes a bug where iOS location settings, e.g. accuracy and distanceFilter are overridden by different calls.
• Updates minimum deployment target to iOS 11 as lower is not supported anymore by Xcode.

2.3.7

• Adds privacy manifest.

2.3.6

• Adds option to bypass the request for permission to update location in the background (which can attract scrutiny from Apple upon app submission). To bypass, set the preprocessor macro BYPASS_PERMISSION_LOCATION_ALWAYS to 1 in XCode.

2.3.5

• Previously the plugin filtered out negative values for heading and/or heading accuracy. Now the plugin is returning the heading and/or the heading accuracy even if the they have a negative value (invalid), so that the developer can use it and decide what to do with it.

2.3.4

• Allows the ARM64 architecture as a valid IPhone simulator architecture.

2.3.3

• Ensures the [CLLocationManager locationServicesEnabled] message is called on a background thread when listening for service updates.

2.3.2

• Fixes build error and warnings regarding unused variables and unavailable APIs on macOS.

2.3.1

• Fixes a bug where invalid speed and speed accuracy readings where returned instead of ignored.

2.3.0

• Includes altitudeAccuracy and headingAccuracy in Position.

2.2.7

• Fixes the propagation of the activity type setting.

2.2.6

• Ensures the isLocationServicesEnabled method is executed in a background thread.

2.2.5

• Fixes a bug where iOS location manager background geolocation settings are overridden by calls to the getCurrentPosition method.

2.2.4

• Fix plugin registration in dart_plugin_registrant.dart

2.2.3

• Implement allowBackgroundLocationUpdates iOS setting

2.2.2

• Fix requesting location while listening to location stream stops the stream

2.2.1

• Migrates to Dart SDK 2.15.0 and Flutter 2.8.0.

2.2.0

• Raises minimum Dart version to 2.17 and Flutter version to 3.0.0.
• Updates isMocked flag on iOS 15 and higher.
• Updates the example application to request permissions when start listening to the position stream.

2.1.4

• Fix background location indicator not showing on first time using the service.

2.1.3

• Fixes repository URL of the package.

2.1.2

• Switches to a package-internal implementation of the platform interface.

2.1.1+1

• Resolves issue with symbolic links in 2.1.1 version.

2.1.1

• Added additional option to Apple settings to allow the user to configure the background location indicator of CLocationManager.

2.1.0

• Ensures that the getCurrentPosition takes the supplied accuracy into account.
• Improves the speed of acquiring the current position.
• Adds a native test bed.

2.0.1

• Updated to the latest version of the geolocator_platform_interface': 4.0.0`.

2.0.0+2

• Removes the Android specific timeInterval parameter from AppleSettings.

2.0.0+1

• Adds missing timeLimit to the AppleSettings class.

2.0.0

• iOS: Keep PositionStream alive when the Location Services has been turned off and on again in the settings.
• Removed implicit request for permissions when getting a position.
• Added the [ActivityType] enum needed for the pauseLocationUpdatesAutomatically property.
• Added the pauseLocationUpdatesAutomatically and activityType property to the iOS options class.

1.2.2

• Fixed iOS cancelation of positionStream.

1.2.1

• Use requestAlwaysAuthorization instead of requestWhenInUseAuthorization on macOS as both result in the same behaviour but the former has better support on Catelina.

1.2.0

• Make sure the getCurrentPosition method returns the current position and not a cached location which might be wrong (see issue #629).

1.1.0

• Added support for macOS Desktop.

1.0.0

• Initial open source release.