Your locations persist

lib/locationUtils.dart

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+import 'package:location/location.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
+import 'dart:async';
+import 'basicLocation.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+
+Future<BasicLocation> getUserLocation(GlobalKey<ScaffoldState> scaffoldKey) async {
+    // Platform messages may fail, so we use a try/catch PlatformException.
+    try {
+      Location _location = new Location();
+      Map<String, double> location = await _location.getLocation;
+      print('location $location');
+
+      // It seems that the lib fails with lat/lon values
+      return new BasicLocation(
+          lat: location['latitude'], lon: location['longitude']);
+    } on PlatformException catch (e) {
+      if (e.code == 'PERMISSION_DENIED') {
+        scaffoldKey.currentState.showSnackBar(new SnackBar(
+          content: new Text('We don\'t have permission to get your location'),
+        ));
+      } else if (e.code == 'PERMISSION_DENIED_NEVER_ASK') {
+      }
+      scaffoldKey.currentState.showSnackBar(new SnackBar(
+        content: new Text(
+            'I cannot get your current location. It\'s your ubication enabled?'),
+      ));
+      return BasicLocation.noLocation;
+    }
+  }