[Bug]: Infinity loading and time out on getting current location

[Samin-roadsurfer]

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Please select affected platform(s)

• Android
• iOS
• Linux
• macOS
• Web
• Windows

Steps to reproduce

1. I use real android/ios device
2. I open the app and choose "Only this time"/"While using the app"
3. it works most of the time for the first time, but if you clear the location and call it again it stucks.

Expected results

I expect location to be determined without any problems.

Actual results

Application loads infinitely since the location can not be determined and then time out.

also sometimes i try to get it frequently, i get :

D/permissions_handler(26103): No permissions found in manifest for: []25

Code sample

Code sample

await Geolocator.getCurrentPosition(
      locationSettings: const LocationSettings(
        accuracy: LocationAccuracy.medium,
        timeLimit: Duration(seconds: 20),
      ),
    );

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />

Screenshots or video

Screenshots or video demonstration

MicrosoftTeams-video.8.mp4

Version

geolocator: ^14.0.0

Flutter Doctor output

Doctor output

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    • Platform android-35, build-tools 35.0.0
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[✓] Connected device (5 available) [8.9s]
    • Samin Sheyda’s iPhone (mobile)  • 00008120-0012701026A1A01E            • ios            • iOS 18.5 22F76
    • iPhone 16 Pro (mobile)          • 9E564AC3-FE5C-49E9-B91E-4348E02BD034 • ios            • com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-18-1 (simulator)
    • macOS (desktop)                 • macos                                • darwin-arm64   • macOS 15.4 24E248 darwin-arm64
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[✓] Network resources [451ms]
    • All expected network resources are available.

• No issues found!

[TimHoogstrate]

@Samin-roadsurfer,

Thanks for your issue, does this happen to iOS and Android, since they both have a different implementation. Can you try to test the same with the example app to see if you have a different outcome?

Kind regards,

[Samin-roadsurfer]

Hey @TimHoogstrate thanks for checking the issue :)
here the debug result of example app with same code mentioned in the main issue:

android:

ios:
could not reproduce the issue on example app for ios, but i do see it in my main app sometimes.