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Sophisticated, battery-conscious background-geolocation & geofencing with motion-detection
https://github.com/transistorsoft/flutter_background_geolocation

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Sophisticated, battery-conscious background-geolocation & geofencing with motion-detection

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/transistorsoft/flutter_background_geolocation
Owner: transistorsoft
License: other
Created: 2018-07-04T00:32:58.000Z (about 6 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2024-05-14T16:49:17.000Z (about 2 months ago)
Last Synced: 2024-05-15T12:15:38.505Z (about 2 months ago)
Topics: background, background-geolocation, background-location, flutter, location, location-tracking
Language: Dart
Homepage: https://www.transistorsoft.com/shop/products/flutter-background-geolocation
Size: 710 MB
Stars: 618
Watchers: 24
Forks: 223
Open Issues: 144
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- License: LICENSE

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README

        # flutter_background_geolocation

[![](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/nm4s5ltlug63vv8/logo-150-print.png?dl=1)](https://www.transistorsoft.com)

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The *most* sophisticated background **location-tracking & geofencing** module with battery-conscious motion-detection intelligence for **iOS** and **Android**.

The plugin's [Philosophy of Operation](https://github.com/transistorsoft/flutter_background_geolocation/wiki/Philosophy-of-Operation) is to use **motion-detection** APIs (using accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetometer) to detect when the device is *moving* and *stationary*.

- When the device is detected to be **moving**, the plugin will *automatically* start recording a location according to the configured `distanceFilter` (meters).

- When the device is detected be **stationary**, the plugin will automatically turn off location-services to conserve energy.

Also available for [Cordova](https://github.com/transistorsoft/cordova-background-geolocation-lt), [React Native](https://github.com/transistorsoft/react-native-background-geolocation), [NativeScript](https://github.com/transistorsoft/nativescript-background-geolocation-lt) and [pure native](https://github.com/transistorsoft/background-geolocation-lt) apps.

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The **[Android module](https://www.transistorsoft.com/shop/products/flutter-background-geolocation)** requires [purchasing a license](https://www.transistorsoft.com/shop/products/flutter-background-geolocation).  However, it *will* work for **DEBUG** builds.  It will **not** work with **RELEASE** builds [without purchasing a license](https://www.transistorsoft.com/shop/products/flutter-background-geolocation).

(2018) This plugin is supported **full-time** and field-tested **daily** since 2013.

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[![Google Play](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/80rf906x0fheb26/google-play-icon.png?dl=1)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.transistorsoft.flutterbackgroundgeolocationexample)

![Home](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/wa43w1n3xhkjn0i/home-framed-350.png?dl=1)

![Settings](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/8oad228siog49kt/settings-framed-350.png?dl=1)

# Contents

- ### 📚 [API Documentation](https://pub.dartlang.org/documentation/flutter_background_geolocation/latest/flt_background_geolocation/flt_background_geolocation-library.html)

- ### [Installing the Plugin](#-installing-the-plugin)

- ### [Setup Guides](#-setup-guides)

- ### [Using the plugin](#-using-the-plugin)

- ### [Example](#l-example)

- ### [Debugging](https://github.com/transistorsoft/flutter_background_geolocation/wiki/Debugging)

- ### [Demo Application](#-demo-application)

- ### [Testing Server](#-simple-testing-server)

## 🔷 Installing the Plugin

📂 **`pubspec.yaml`**:

**Note:** See [Versions](https://pub.dartlang.org/packages/flutter_background_geolocation/#-versions-tab-) for latest available version.

```yaml

dependencies:

  flutter_background_geolocation: '^4.12.0'

```

### Or latest from Git:

```yaml

dependencies:

  flutter_background_geolocation:

    git:

      url: https://github.com/transistorsoft/flutter_background_geolocation.git

```

## 🔷 Setup Guides

- [iOS](https://github.com/transistorsoft/flutter_background_geolocation/blob/master/help/INSTALL-IOS.md)

- [Android](https://github.com/transistorsoft/flutter_background_geolocation/blob/master/help/INSTALL-ANDROID.md)

## 🔷 Using the plugin ##

```dart

import 'package:flutter_background_geolocation/flutter_background_geolocation.dart' as bg;

```

⚠️ Note `as bg` in the `import`.  This is important to namespace the plugin's classes, which often use common class-names such as `Location`, `Config`, `State`.  You will access every `flutter_background_geolocation` class with the prefix `bg` (ie: "**b**ackground **g**eolocation").

## 🔷 Example

[Full Example](https://gist.github.com/christocracy/a0464846de8a9c27c7e9de5616082878)

There are three main steps to using `BackgroundGeolocation`:

1. Wire up event-listeners.

2. Configure the plugin with `#ready`.

3. `#start` the plugin.

```dart

import 'package:flutter_background_geolocation/flutter_background_geolocation.dart' as bg;

class _MyHomePageState extends State {

  @override

  void initState() {

    super.initState();

    ////

    // 1.  Listen to events (See docs for all 12 available events).

    //

    // Fired whenever a location is recorded

    bg.BackgroundGeolocation.onLocation((bg.Location location) {

      print('[location] - $location');

    });

    // Fired whenever the plugin changes motion-state (stationary->moving and vice-versa)

    bg.BackgroundGeolocation.onMotionChange((bg.Location location) {

      print('[motionchange] - $location');

    });

    // Fired whenever the state of location-services changes.  Always fired at boot

    bg.BackgroundGeolocation.onProviderChange((bg.ProviderChangeEvent event) {

      print('[providerchange] - $event');

    });

    ////

    // 2.  Configure the plugin

    //

    bg.BackgroundGeolocation.ready(bg.Config(

        desiredAccuracy: bg.Config.DESIRED_ACCURACY_HIGH,

        distanceFilter: 10.0,

        stopOnTerminate: false,

        startOnBoot: true,

        debug: true,

        logLevel: bg.Config.LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE

    )).then((bg.State state) {

      if (!state.enabled) {

        ////

        // 3.  Start the plugin.

        //

        bg.BackgroundGeolocation.start();

      }

    });

  }

}

```

⚠️ Do not execute *any* API method which will require accessing location-services until the callback to **`#ready*` executes (eg: `#getCurrentPosition`, `#watchPosition`, `#start`).

## 🔷 Demo Application

A fully-featured Demo App is available in the repo in the [`/example`](./example) folder.

[![Google Play](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/80rf906x0fheb26/google-play-icon.png?dl=1)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.transistorsoft.flutterbackgroundgeolocationexample)

![Home](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/wa43w1n3xhkjn0i/home-framed-350.png?dl=1)

![Settings](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/8oad228siog49kt/settings-framed-350.png?dl=1)

## 🔷 [Simple Testing Server](https://github.com/transistorsoft/background-geolocation-console)

A simple Node-based [web-application](https://github.com/transistorsoft/background-geolocation-console) with SQLite database is available for field-testing and performance analysis.  If you're familiar with Node, you can have this server up-and-running in about **one minute**.

![](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/px5rzz7wybkv8fs/background-geolocation-console-map.png?dl=1)

![](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/tiy5b2oivt0np2y/background-geolocation-console-grid.png?dl=1)

# License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2018 Chris Scott, Transistor Software

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy

of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights

to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell

copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is

furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all

copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR

IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,

FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE

AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER

LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,

OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE

SOFTWARE.