background_location
A Flutter plugin to get location updates in the background for both Android and iOS. Uses CoreLocation for iOS and FusedLocationProvider for Android.
What this package is like to depend on
Last release 11 months ago
06 Sep 2025
Ships unpredictably
gaps range from 2 weeks to 1.8 years
Some releases are documented
notes for 20 of 36 stable releases
Nothing withdrawn
no release was ever pulled
7 years old
36 releases · first in 2019
2 releases in the last 12 months
see the full history below
Release timeline
36 releases · Aug 2019 to Sep 2025Releases
latest 36-
0.13.206 Sep 2025Release notes
Open source →What's Changed
- Fixed namespace issues by @fb513 in #221
- Fixed analyze issues by @BWMuller in #224
- Clarify permissions requirements earlier in the documentation by @gopelkujo in #226
New Contributors
- @fb513 made their first contribution in #221
- @gopelkujo made their first contribution in #226
Full Changelog: f1ef284...d7acf43
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0.13.106 Sep 2025Release notes
Open source →What's Changed
- Fix the typo "opyright" to "copyright" by @IsseiKanda in #201
- Fix API issues stemming from Android 13/14 changes to location services by @lukaskurz in #210
- Split publish and lint+test github actions by @BWMuller in #212
New Contributors
- @IsseiKanda made their first contribution in #201
Full Changelog: v0.13.0...v0.13.1
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0.13.023 Feb 2024Release notes
Open source →What's Changed
- The package was outdated and the example project was not working by @mahanpyk in #193
- Update README.md by @NullByte08 in #192
- Android upgrade and location running indicator by @BWMuller in #196
Full Changelog: v0.11.8...v0.13.0
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0.11.820 Jul 2023 -
0.8.118 Oct 2021Nothing published for this version
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0.8.015 Oct 2021Nothing published for this version
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0.7.028 Sep 2021Nothing published for this version
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0.6.115 Jun 2021Nothing published for this version
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0.6.020 May 2021Nothing published for this version
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0.5.025 Apr 2021Nothing published for this version
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0.4.313 Apr 2021Nothing published for this version
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0.4.213 Apr 2021Nothing published for this version
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0.4.110 Mar 2021Nothing published for this version
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0.4.024 Feb 2021Nothing published for this version
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0.3.121 Jan 2021Nothing published for this version
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0.3.026 Dec 2020Release notes
Open source →Allow updating android notification (title, message and icon) and update time interval between localisation. #61
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0.2.208 Nov 2020 -
0.2.2+108 Nov 2020Nothing published for this version
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0.2.2+208 Nov 2020Nothing published for this version
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0.2.113 Oct 2020 -
0.2.1+113 Oct 2020Nothing published for this version
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0.2.006 Oct 2020 -
0.1.301 Oct 2020 -
0.1.205 Aug 2020Release notes
Open source →Added showsBackgroundLocationIndicator to iOS fixing #29 Update permission handler to v5.0.1+1
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0.1.109 Jul 2020 -
0.1.023 Jun 2020Release notes
Open source →Locationclass is now public and can importedLocationclass now contains atoMap()that will return JSON compatible map
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0.0.1129 May 2020 -
0.0.1017 May 2020 -
0.0.925 Nov 2019 -
0.0.9+125 Nov 2019Nothing published for this version
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0.0.9+215 Feb 2020Release notes
Open source →roll back on 22d08f58a2c0b29807ce9f8f20bb7f488fa3acad to fix background location service on android
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0.0.9+302 Mar 2020 -
0.0.812 Nov 2019Nothing published for this version
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0.0.702 Sep 2019Release notes
Open source →Add
Future getPermissions(onGranted:onDenied:)AddFuture<PermissionStatus> checkPermissions() -
0.0.625 Aug 2019 -
0.0.512 Aug 2019