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Flutter Background Geolocation hello_world.dart https://shop.transistorsoft.com/blogs/news
/// flutter_background_geolocation Hello World
/// https://github.com/transistorsoft/flutter_background_geolocation
////
// For pretty-printing location JSON. Not a requirement of flutter_background_geolocation
//
import 'dart:convert';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:flutter_background_geolocation/flutter_background_geolocation.dart'
as bg;
JsonEncoder encoder = const JsonEncoder.withIndent(' ');
//
////
class MyHomePage extends StatefulWidget {
const MyHomePage({Key? key, required this.title}) : super(key: key);
final String title;
@override
_MyHomePageState createState() => _MyHomePageState();
}
class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> {
late bool _isMoving;
late bool _enabled;
late String _motionActivity;
late String _odometer;
late String _content;
@override
void initState() {
_isMoving = false;
_enabled = false;
_content = '';
_motionActivity = 'UNKNOWN';
_odometer = '0';
// 1. Listen to events (See docs for all 12 available events).
bg.BackgroundGeolocation.onLocation(_onLocation);
bg.BackgroundGeolocation.onMotionChange(_onMotionChange);
bg.BackgroundGeolocation.onActivityChange(_onActivityChange);
bg.BackgroundGeolocation.onProviderChange(_onProviderChange);
bg.BackgroundGeolocation.onConnectivityChange(_onConnectivityChange);
// 2. Configure the plugin
bg.BackgroundGeolocation.ready(bg.Config(
desiredAccuracy: bg.Config.DESIRED_ACCURACY_HIGH,
distanceFilter: 10.0,
stopOnTerminate: false,
startOnBoot: true,
debug: true,
logLevel: bg.Config.LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE,
reset: true))
.then((bg.State state) {
setState(() {
_enabled = state.enabled;
_isMoving = state.isMoving == true;
});
});
}
void _onClickEnable(enabled) {
if (enabled) {
bg.BackgroundGeolocation.start().then((bg.State state) {
print('[start] success $state');
setState(() {
_enabled = state.enabled;
_isMoving = state.isMoving == true;
});
});
} else {
bg.BackgroundGeolocation.stop().then((bg.State state) {
print('[stop] success: $state');
// Reset odometer.
bg.BackgroundGeolocation.setOdometer(0.0);
setState(() {
_odometer = '0.0';
_enabled = state.enabled;
_isMoving = state.isMoving == true;
});
});
}
}
// Manually toggle the tracking state: moving vs stationary
void _onClickChangePace() {
setState(() {
_isMoving = !_isMoving;
});
print('[onClickChangePace] -> $_isMoving');
bg.BackgroundGeolocation.changePace(_isMoving).then((bool isMoving) {
print('[changePace] success $isMoving');
}).catchError((e) {
print('[changePace] ERROR: ${e.code}');
});
}
// Manually fetch the current position.
void _onClickGetCurrentPosition() {
bg.BackgroundGeolocation.getCurrentPosition(
persist: false, // <-- do not persist this location
desiredAccuracy: 0, // <-- desire best possible accuracy
timeout: 30000, // <-- wait 30s before giving up.
samples: 3 // <-- sample 3 location before selecting best.
)
.then((bg.Location location) {
print('[getCurrentPosition] - $location');
}).catchError((error) {
print('[getCurrentPosition] ERROR: $error');
});
}
////
// Event handlers
//
void _onLocation(bg.Location location) {
print('[location] - $location');
final String odometerKM = (location.odometer / 1000.0).toStringAsFixed(1);
setState(() {
_content = encoder.convert(location.toMap());
_odometer = odometerKM;
});
}
void _onMotionChange(bg.Location location) {
print('[motionchange] - $location');
}
void _onActivityChange(bg.ActivityChangeEvent event) {
print('[activitychange] - $event');
setState(() {
_motionActivity = event.activity;
});
}
void _onProviderChange(bg.ProviderChangeEvent event) {
print('$event');
setState(() {
_content = encoder.convert(event.toMap());
});
}
void _onConnectivityChange(bg.ConnectivityChangeEvent event) {
print('$event');
}
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
appBar:
AppBar(title: const Text('Background Geolocation'), actions: <Widget>[
Switch(value: _enabled, onChanged: _onClickEnable),
]),
body: SingleChildScrollView(child: Text(_content)),
bottomNavigationBar: BottomAppBar(
child: Container(
padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 5.0, right: 5.0),
child: Row(
mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.max,
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceBetween,
children: <Widget>[
IconButton(
icon: const Icon(Icons.gps_fixed),
onPressed: _onClickGetCurrentPosition,
),
Text('$_motionActivity · $_odometer km'),
MaterialButton(
minWidth: 50.0,
color: _isMoving ? Colors.red : Colors.green,
onPressed: _onClickChangePace,
child: Icon(_isMoving ? Icons.pause : Icons.play_arrow,
color: Colors.white))
],
),
),
),
);
}
}
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Why don’t you try it and see?

@Mohammedshahilc01
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I already purchased the key for flutter_background_geolocation, but it still shows 'Location not available.
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Tech support is not handled by posting at a Gist. Post an issue at the Github repo.

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