geolocator

Maintenance, updates dependencies

• adds linux as platform to pub dev #1734

• Update geolocator/CHANGELOG.md

Co-authored-by: Maurits van Beusekom maurits@baseflow.com

• added geolocator_linux to package

Co-authored-by: Maurits van Beusekom maurits@baseflow.com

• Adds section about FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATION to the README.
• Fixes PlatformException in example app for Android 14 (SDK level 34) and newer by updating manifest permissions.

• BREAKING CHANGE: for Flutter 3.27.0 and below. Make sure you'll upgrade Flutter to 3.29.0 or above before using this version.
• Bump flutter_lints to version of afp to 5.0.0
• Updated geolocator_android dependency to version ^5.0.0

• Bump flutter_lints to version 5.0.0. Later added: of afp example project.

• Updates dart sdk to sdk: ^3.5.0
• Updates example project and fixes analyzer issues

• Updates dependency on geolocator_apple to version 2.3.8.
• Migrates Android configuration of example app away from imperative gradle API.

• Resolves problems when compiling non-web platforms because of illegal reference to dart:js_interop.

• BREAKING CHANGE: Deprecates getCurrentPosition desiredAccuracy, forceAndroidLocationManager, and timeLimit parameters in favor of supplying a LocationSettings class.
• Exposes WebSettings from geolocator.
• Updates dependency on geolocator_web to version 4.1.0
• Updates dependency on geolocator_android to version 4.3.0
• Updates dependency on geolocator_apple to version 2.3.7
• Updates dependency on geolocator_windows to version 0.2.3
• Updates dependency on geolocator_platform_interface to version 4.2.3

• BREAKING CHANGE: Updates dependency on geolocator_web to version 4.0.0.

• Expose AndroidPosition from geolocator.

• BREAKING CHANGE: Updates dependency on geolocator_web to version 3.0.0.

• Adds a description to the README on how to add the BYPASS_PERMISSION_LOCATION_ALWAYS preprocessor to bypass the need for adding the NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription to the Info.plist.

• Includes altitudeAccuracy and headingAccuracy in Position.

• Updates documentation for getCurrentPosition(), to clarify the behavior of location accuracy on Android devices.
• Updates README regarding the plugin interpretation of LocationAccuracy.

• BREAKING CHANGE: Updates dependency on geolocator_windows to version 0.2.0. This will synchronize default values for Position.altitude, Position.heading and Position.speed with the other platforms.

• Updated dependency on geolocator_android to version 4.1.3
• Export AndroidResource class at geolocator/lib/geolocator.dart.at.

• Migrates to Dart SDK 2.15.0 and Flutter 2.8.0.

IMPORTANT: when updating to version 9.0.0 make sure to also set the compileSdkVersion in the android/app/build.gradle file to 33.

• Updates dependency on geolocator_android to version 4.0.0;
• Makes sure the Android example app compiles against Android SDK 33.

• Fixes repository URL of the package.

• Adds support to make a foreground service on Android and continue processing location updates when the application is moved into the background.
• Ensures that the getCurrentPosition takes the supplied accuracy into account.
• Improves the speed of acquiring the current position on iOS.
• Added additional option to AppleSettings class to allow the user to configure the background location indicator of CLocationManager.

• Updated README.md to clarify the use of the geolocator_web package.

• Endorses the geolocator_windows package.

• Fix code coverage issues by adding iOS specific test for getCurrentPosition

• Export ActivityType at geolocator.dart

• Upgraded the geolocator_platform_interface, geolocator_web, geolocator_apple and geolocator_android packages to the latest versions.

• Fix "forceAndroidLocationManager" for getLastKnownPosition
• Upgrade geolocator_platform_interface to 3.0.1
• Upgrade geolocator_web to 2.1.1

• Removed implicit request for permissions when getting a position.
• Updated README.md to clarify the use of the Geolocator.checkPermission() method.

• Update the documentation on permissions in the README.md.

IMPORTANT: when updating to version 7.7.0 make sure to also set the compileSdkVersion in the android/app/build.gradle file to 31.

• Updated dependency on geolocator_android to version 2.0.0;
• Make sure the Android example App compiles against Android SDK 31.

• Migrate Android example App to mavenCentral as jFrog has sunset jCenter (see official announcement for more details);
• Upgrade Android example App to Gradle 4.1.0 to stay in sync with current stable version of Flutter.

• Refactored the example app and rollbacked the apple deployment target from 9.0 to 8.0.

• Make sure the getCurrentPosition method returns the current position and not a cached location which might be wrong (see issue #629). Note that this means that in some cases fetching the current position might take several seconds. If you want to have a fast initial result, call the getLastKnownPosition first and update the position with the result from getCurrentPosition.

• Added support for macOS Desktop.

• Updated README.md to include information about using the Geolocator web version in release mode.

• Moved to fully federated architecture (moved Android and iOS implementations into separate packages, geolocator_android and geolocator_apple respectivily).

• Android 10 and above: Fixed a bug causing the requestPermission method failing to show a prompt when requesting for background location permission.

• iOS 14: Users can now request Temporary Precise Location fetching by using the requestTemporaryFullAccuracy() method.

• iOS 14: Users can now query whether they gave permission for Approximate location fetching or Precise location fetching.

• Fix formatting of the CHANGELOG.md.

• Resolved a 404 error when clicking on the AndroidX migration link in the README.md.

• Added the locationServiceStream which fires an event if the location service of the device are disabled/enabled in the Android/iOS notification bar or in the Settings of the device.
• Updated the geolocator_platform_interface: 2.1.1

• Android: Throw the ActivityMissingException when requesting permissions while the activity is not available (e.g. when the App is in the background);
• iOS: Support the NSLocationAlwaysAndWhenInUseUsageDescription key on iOS 11+ (this key replaces the NSLocationAlwaysDescription key which has been marked deprecated).

• Upgrade to geolocator_platform_interface: 2.0.1

• Resolved bug when requesting permissions for the web (see issue #673).

This release contains the following breaking changes:

• Stable release of null safety migration;
• Checking permissions on Android can no longer result in LocationPermissions.deniedForever. More details can be found in issue #653 and the wiki;
• Removed deprecated timeInterval parameter from the getPositionStream method;
• Removed deprecated global methods.

For detailed explanation of all breaking changes checkout the wiki page Breacking changes in 7.0.0.

• Solve bug causing error when requesting permissions (see issue #673).

• Added web support.

• iOS: Look for UIBackgroundModes location instead of having to register a separate EnableBackgroundLocationUpdates key in the Info.plist (see PR #645).