Geolocation plugin to use for getting current location, monitor movement, etc.

In Command prompt / Terminal navigate to your application root folder and run:

tns plugin add nativescript-geolocation

The best way to explore the usage of the plugin is to inspect the demo app in the plugin's root folder. In demo folder you can find the usage of the plugin for TypeScript non-Angular application. Refer to demo/app/main-page.ts.

In short here are the steps:

TypeScript

import * as geolocation from "nativescript-geolocation";
import { Accuracy } from "ui/enums"; // used to describe at what accuracy the location should be get

Javascript

var geolocation = require("nativescript-geolocation");

geolocation.enableLocationRequest();

// Get current location with high accuracy
geolocation.getCurrentLocation({ desiredAccuracy: Accuracy.high, maximumAge: 5000, timeout: 20000 })

If iosAllowsBackgroundLocationUpdates is set to true, the following code is required in the info.plist file:

<key>UIBackgroundModes</key>
<array>
   <string>location</string>
</array>

If you have installed multiple plugins that use the Google Play Services you might run into version conflicts. In order to fix this you might pin the version number in your app/App_Resources/Android/app.gradle file:

android {  
  // other stuff here

  project.ext {
    googlePlayServicesVersion = "11.2.+"
  }
}

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