Get user location with Location package in Flutter

Question

I'm trying to create a mobile app in Flutter.

I need to get the user location when I press a button. Reading on the Internet, I found some useful examples and I wrote some lines of code following some tutorials too.

Future<void> getLocation() async {
var _serviceEnabled = await location.serviceEnabled();

if (!_serviceEnabled) {
  _serviceEnabled = await location.requestService();
  if (!_serviceEnabled) {
    return;
  }
}

var _permissionGranted = await location.hasPermission();
if (_permissionGranted == PermissionStatus.denied) {
  _permissionGranted = await location.requestPermission();

  if (_permissionGranted != PermissionStatus.granted) {
    return;
  }
}

var currentLocation = await location.getLocation();

setState(() {
  current = currentLocation;
  string = currentLocation.latitude!.toString() +
      ' ' +
      currentLocation.longitude!.toString();
});

}

With this code I should be able to update the text of a string with the latitude and longitude of the user position.

It doesn't work properly. Can anybody help me?

I'm using Android Studio for launching the app with the emulator.

What isn't working? What errordo you get? Can you please specifiy.. — quoci, Feb 28 '22 at 11:12
I didn't get any error. The device couldn't get the position. But the problem was the emulator. [RESOLVED] — Vincenzo, Feb 28 '22 at 11:37
Please explain how the emulator caused your issue (in your answer). — gru, Feb 28 '22 at 14:36

Vincenzo · Answer 1 · 2022-03-01T15:07:27.873

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[RESOLVED] The problem was the emulator.

Launching the app in the emulator I wasn't able to get the location. I tried to launch the app on a physical device (with Android) and it worked. Probably the problem was that the emulator's was deprecated.

edited Mar 01 '22 at 15:07

answered Feb 28 '22 at 11:37

Vincenzo

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