geolocator_apple

Maintenance, updates dependencies

• Updates flutter_lints to version 6.0.0.

• Adds Swift Package Manager compatibility.

• Removed deprecated -[UIApplication openURL:] dead code.

• Adds privacy manifest for macOS to the podspec.

• Adds privacy manifest for macOS.

• Uses different CLLocationManager instances, for one time request location and persistent request location.
• Fixes a bug where iOS location settings, e.g. accuracy and distanceFilter are overridden by different calls.
• Updates minimum deployment target to iOS 11 as lower is not supported anymore by Xcode.

• HOT FIX: Adds back implementation of the stopListening method in the GeolocationHandler.m file.

• Adds privacy manifest.

• Adds option to bypass the request for permission to update location in the background (which can attract scrutiny from Apple upon app submission). To bypass, set the preprocessor macro BYPASS_PERMISSION_LOCATION_ALWAYS to 1 in XCode.

• Previously the plugin filtered out negative values for heading and/or heading accuracy. Now the plugin is returning the heading and/or the heading accuracy even if the they have a negative value (invalid), so that the developer can use it and decide what to do with it.

• Allows the ARM64 architecture as a valid IPhone simulator architecture.

• Ensures the [CLLocationManager locationServicesEnabled] message is called on a background thread when listening for service updates.

• Fixes build error and warnings regarding unused variables and unavailable APIs on macOS.

• Fixes a bug where invalid speed and speed accuracy readings where returned instead of ignored.

• Includes altitudeAccuracy and headingAccuracy in Position.

• Fixes the propagation of the activity type setting.

• Ensures the isLocationServicesEnabled method is executed in a background thread.

• Fixes a bug where iOS location manager background geolocation settings are overridden by calls to the getCurrentPosition method.

• Implement allowBackgroundLocationUpdates iOS setting

• Fix requesting location while listening to location stream stops the stream

• Migrates to Dart SDK 2.15.0 and Flutter 2.8.0.

• Raises minimum Dart version to 2.17 and Flutter version to 3.0.0.
• Updates isMocked flag on iOS 15 and higher.
• Updates the example application to request permissions when start listening to the position stream.

• Fix background location indicator not showing on first time using the service.

• Fixes repository URL of the package.

• Switches to a package-internal implementation of the platform interface.

• Added additional option to Apple settings to allow the user to configure the background location indicator of CLocationManager.

• Resolves issue with symbolic links in 2.1.1 version.

• Ensures that the getCurrentPosition takes the supplied accuracy into account.
• Improves the speed of acquiring the current position.
• Adds a native test bed.

• Updated to the latest version of the geolocator_platform_interface': 4.0.0`.

• iOS: Keep PositionStream alive when the Location Services has been turned off and on again in the settings.
• Removed implicit request for permissions when getting a position.
• Added the [ActivityType] enum needed for the pauseLocationUpdatesAutomatically property.
• Added the pauseLocationUpdatesAutomatically and activityType property to the iOS options class.

• Adds missing timeLimit to the AppleSettings class.

• Removes the Android specific timeInterval parameter from AppleSettings.

• Fixed iOS cancelation of positionStream.

• Use requestAlwaysAuthorization instead of requestWhenInUseAuthorization on macOS as both result in the same behaviour but the former has better support on Catelina.

• Make sure the getCurrentPosition method returns the current position and not a cached location which might be wrong (see issue #629).

• Added support for macOS Desktop.

• Initial open source release.