FastGeolocation

Fast native geolocation plugin for Capacitor that returns city, state, and country using on-device reverse geocoding.

✨ Features

• ✅ Fast native geolocation
• 🌍 Reverse geocoding (City, State, Country)
• ⚡ Works offline with on-device services (no external APIs)

📦 Installation

npm install @yaseenalmufti/fast-geolocation
npx cap sync

🔧 Platform Support

| Platform | Supported | |----------|-----------| | Android | ✅ | | iOS | ✅ | | Web | ❌ |

📚 Usage

import { FastGeolocation } from '@yaseenalmufti/fast-geolocation';

const getLocation = async () => {
  try {
    const location = await FastGeolocation.getCurrentCity();
    console.log(\`You are in \${location.city}, \${location.state}, \${location.country}\`);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Error getting location:', error);
  }
};

📥 API

getCurrentCity(): Promise<CityLocation>

Returns the current GPS location and reverse-geocoded city, state, and country.

CityLocation structure:

interface CityLocation {
  latitude: number;
  longitude: number;
  city: string;
  state: string;
  country: string;
}

⚙️ Android Setup

In android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:

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

The plugin uses:

• FusedLocationProviderClient for fast location access
• Geocoder for native reverse geocoding

⚙️ iOS Setup

In ios/App/App/Info.plist:

<key>NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
<string>We need your location to determine your city</string>

The plugin uses:

• CLLocationManager for GPS access
• CLGeocoder for native reverse geocoding

🧑‍💻 Author

Yaseen Almufti

• GitHub: @yaseenalmufti
• npm: @yaseenalmufti

📝 License

MIT