Geolocation

Contents

This plugin provides information about the device's location, such as latitude and longitude. Common sources of location information include Global Positioning System (GPS) and location inferred from network signals such as IP address, RFID, WiFi and Bluetooth MAC addresses, and GSM/CDMA cell IDs.

https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-geolocation

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Installation

Community Enterprise
ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-geolocation npm install @ionic-native/geolocation
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ionic activate-native-ee --key=YOURPRODUCTKEY ionic integrations add @ionic-native/geolocation

Supported Platforms

  • Amazon Fire OS
  • Android
  • Browser
  • iOS
  • Windows

Usage 

import { Geolocation } from '@ionic-native/geolocation/ngx';

...

constructor(private geolocation: Geolocation) {}

...

this.geolocation.getCurrentPosition().then((resp) => {
 // resp.coords.latitude
 // resp.coords.longitude
}).catch((error) => {
  console.log('Error getting location', error);
});

let watch = this.geolocation.watchPosition();
watch.subscribe((data) => {
 // data can be a set of coordinates, or an error (if an error occurred).
 // data.coords.latitude
 // data.coords.longitude
});