location_picker 0.0.16

A location picker plugin for Flutter.

location_picker

A location picker plugin for Flutter.

What it does

As the name implies, this is a component for getting a desired location from the user. It handles location permissions requests, a native map view and it return a map with all the data. It also uses reversed GeoCoding for info associated with the selected location.

Example

       //NECESSARY
       LocationPicker.initApiKey('YOUR API KEY');
       
       LocationPicker picker = new LocationPicker();
       
       try 
       {
         result = await picker.showLocationPicker;
       } 
         on PlatformException 
       {
         //HANDLE ERROR
       }
       
       setState(() {_locationPickerData = result.toString();});

Configuration

The constructor

new LocationPicker();

Takes the following optional parameters for configuration:

      String titleText;
      bool closeIfLocationDenied;
      bool useGeoCoder;
      double initialLat;
      double initialLong;
      bool enableMyLocation;
    
      //ANDROID ONLY
      String androidAppBarColor;
      String androidNavBarColor;
      String androidStatusBarColor;
      String androidSelectButtonColor;
      String androidTitleAndBackButtonColor;
    
      //IOS ONLY
      String iosBackButtonText;
      String iosSelectButtonText;

Response

The response is a Map<dynamic,dynamic> that contains the following fields that can be null:

                             ["latitude"] double
                             ["longitude"] double
                             ["administrativeArea"] String
                             ["country"] String
                             ["locality"] String
                             ["subLocality"] String
                             ["postalCode"] String
                             ["thoroughfare"] String
                             ["line0"] String
                             ["line1"] String

Importing

1. Create a Flutter project with Swift support.

2. Import the library

Installing

1. Get your Google Maps Api Key.

Android

1. Request permissions in your manifest

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

2. Add your Android API Key in your manifest inside the application tag

   <meta-data
    android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY"
    android:value="YOUR API KEY"/>
   

3. Add the map Activity to your app's manifest

   <activity
       android:name="com.jumpstart.locationpicker.LocationPickerActivity"
       android:screenOrientation="portrait"
       android:theme="@style/Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
   </activity>
   

IOS

1. Request permissions in your project's info.plist

   <key>NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
   <string>Your message to the user</string>
   

Getting Started

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