Flutter-geolocator: getCurrentPosition not returning device's current position but last queried location

Created on 9 Aug 2019 · 13Comments · Source: Baseflow/flutter-geolocator

🐛 Bug Report

Use getCurrentPosition to get device's current position

Expected behavior

it returns the device's current physical position.

Reproduction steps

it returns the last queried gps position. For example, if I use google maps app to locate my current position in my workplace, and then go home without querying any gps location, and then in my home, I use this plugin's getCurrentPosition API, it returns my workplace's location, not my home's.
This seems to be android only.

Configuration

final Geolocator geolocator = Geolocator();
  geolocator.forceAndroidLocationManager = true;
  return await geolocator.getCurrentPosition(desiredAccuracy: LocationAccuracy.high);

Version: 1.x
5.1.1+1
Platform:

[ ] :iphone: iOS
[x] :robot: Android

android triage

Source

hgl

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Most helpful comment

Apperently this fixed the issue for me but I am not sure about the implications so use it at your own risk.
Go to the folder (your version may be differente for example: 5.1.3):
C:\src\flutter\.pub-cache\hosted\pub.dartlang.org\geolocator-5.1.2\android\src\main\java\com\baseflow\geolocator\tasks

open the file:
LocationUpdatesUsingLocationManagerTask.java

and in the line 70 change:
mBestLocation = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(mActiveProvider);
to
mBestLocation = null;

n0tc0ding on 11 Sep 2019

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All 13 comments

Forgot to mention. If I call getCurrentPosition multiple times in my home, I always get my workplace's location. Only after I use an app like google maps to get my current position, getCurrentPosition returns the correct location.

hgl on 9 Aug 2019

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I am getting the same behavior.

n0tc0ding on 9 Sep 2019

Similar behavior with me as well. Any fix to this?

RohithKilaparthi on 10 Sep 2019

open the file:
LocationUpdatesUsingLocationManagerTask.java

and in the line 70 change:
mBestLocation = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(mActiveProvider);
to
mBestLocation = null;

n0tc0ding on 11 Sep 2019

👍3

The same problem with getPositionStream

promistrio on 10 Oct 2019

Have the same reports from numerous users of my application. Reproduced on my Pixel 3XL Android 10 when I don't use any other application that requires gps location for a long time.