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Geolocator

Geolocator fetches Position from device GPS. Works on macOS, Windows, iOS, Android and web. Based on the geolocator Dart/Flutter package.

Geolocator control is non-visual and should be added to page.overlay list.

Packaging

To build your Flet app that uses Geolocator control add --include-packages flet_geolocator to flet build command, for example:

flet build apk --include-packages flet_geolocator

Examples​

Basic Example​

python/controls/utility/geolocator/geolocator-example.py
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Properties​

location_settings​

Value is of type GeolocatorSettings.

Methods​

get_current_position(accuracy, location_settings)​

Gets the current position of the device with the desired accuracy and settings.

This method has the following properties:

Returns an instance of type GeolocatorPosition.

Note: Depending on the availability of different location services, this can take several seconds. It is recommended to call the get_last_known_position() method first to receive a known/cached position and update it with the result of get_current_position()

get_last_known_position()​

Gets the last known position of the device with the specified accuracy. The accuracy can be defined using the location_settings property.

Returns an instance of type GeolocatorPosition.

get_permission_status()​

Gets which permission the app has been granted to access the device's location.

Returns an instance of type GeolocatorPermissionStatus.

request_permission()​

Requests the device for access to the device's location.

Returns an instance of type GeolocatorPermissionStatus.

is_location_service_enabled()​

Checks if location service is enable.

Returns a boolean value: True if location service is enabled, False otherwise.

open_app_settings()​

Attempts to open device's app settings.

Returns a boolean value: True if the device's settings were opened successfully, False otherwise.

open_location_settings()​

Attempts to open device's location settings.

Returns a boolean value: True if the device's settings were opened successfully, False otherwise.

Events​

on_error​

Fires when an error occurs.

on_position_change​

Fires when the position of the device changes.

Event handler argument is of type GeolocatorPositionChangeEvent.