user_location

A plugin for FlutterMap package to handle and plot the current user location

Usage

Add flutter_map and user_location to your pubspec.yaml :

dependencies:
  flutter_map: any
  user_location: any # or the latest version on Pub

Update your gradle.properties file with this:

android.enableJetifier=true
android.useAndroidX=true
org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536M

Also make sure that you have added those dependencies in your build.gradle:

  dependencies {
      classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.0'
      classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0'
  }
  compileSdkVersion 28

Getting Started

Android

In order to use this plugin in Android, you have to add this permission in AndroidManifest.xml :

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

Permission check for Android 6+ was added.

iOS

And to use it in iOS, you have to add this permission in Info.plist :

NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription
NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription

• Note: I have not tested the plugin in ios

Demo Code

Add it in you FlutterMap. Make sure to pass the required options in the UserLocationOptions and marker in MarkerLayerOptions

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:user_location/user_location.dart';
import 'package:flutter_map/flutter_map.dart';
import 'package:latlong/latlong.dart';

void main() => runApp(MyApp());

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'User Location Plugin Demo',
      theme: ThemeData(
        primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
      ),
      home: HomePage(),
    );
  }
}

class HomePage extends StatelessWidget {
  MapController mapController = MapController();
  List<Marker> markers = [];
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(title: Text("User Location Plugin")),
        body: FlutterMap(
          options: MapOptions(
            center: LatLng(0,0),
            zoom: 15.0,
            plugins: [
              UserLocationPlugin(),
            ],
          ),
          layers: [
            TileLayerOptions(
              urlTemplate: "https://api.tiles.mapbox.com/v4/"
                  "{id}/{z}/{x}/{y}@2x.png?access_token={accessToken}",
              additionalOptions: {
                'accessToken': '<access_token>',
                'id': 'mapbox.streets',
              },
            ),
            MarkerLayerOptions(markers: markers),
            UserLocationOptions(
                context: context,
                mapController: mapController,
                markers: markers),
          ],
          mapController: mapController,
        ));
  }
}

Run the example

See the example/ folder for a working example app.