Android location stream not cancelling

geolocator_android/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 4.1.4
+
+- Fix a bug where the location service would not stop correctly when the location stream is cancelled.
+
 ## 4.1.3
 
 - Export `AndroidResource` class at `geolocator_android.at`.

geolocator_android/android/src/main/java/com/baseflow/geolocator/GeolocatorLocationService.java

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public class GeolocatorLocationService extends Service {
   // Service is foreground
   private boolean isForeground = false;
   private int connectedEngines = 0;
+  private int listenerCount = 0;
   @Nullable private Activity activity = null;
   @Nullable private GeolocationManager geolocationManager = null;
   @Nullable private LocationClient locationClient;
@@ -83,7 +84,10 @@ public void onDestroy() {
     super.onDestroy();
   }
 
-  public boolean canStopLocationService() {
+  public boolean canStopLocationService(boolean cancellationRequested) {
+    if(cancellationRequested) {
+       return listenerCount == 1;
+    }
     return connectedEngines == 0;
   }
 
@@ -104,6 +108,7 @@ public void startLocationService(
       LocationOptions locationOptions,
       EventChannel.EventSink events) {
 
+    listenerCount++;
     if (geolocationManager != null) {
       locationClient =
           geolocationManager.createLocationClient(
@@ -121,6 +126,7 @@ public void startLocationService(
   }
 
   public void stopLocationService() {
+    listenerCount--;
     Log.d(TAG, "Stopping location service.");
     if (locationClient != null && geolocationManager != null) {
       geolocationManager.stopPositionUpdates(locationClient);

geolocator_android/android/src/main/java/com/baseflow/geolocator/StreamHandlerImpl.java

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ void stopListening() {
       return;
     }
 
-    disposeListeners();
+    disposeListeners(false);
     channel.setStreamHandler(null);
     channel = null;
   }
@@ -145,12 +145,12 @@ public void onListen(Object arguments, EventChannel.EventSink events) {
 
   @Override
   public void onCancel(Object arguments) {
-    disposeListeners();
+    disposeListeners(true);
   }
 
-  private void disposeListeners() {
+  private void disposeListeners(boolean cancelled) {
     Log.e(TAG, "Geolocator position updates stopped");
-    if (foregroundLocationService != null && foregroundLocationService.canStopLocationService()) {
+    if (foregroundLocationService != null && foregroundLocationService.canStopLocationService(cancelled)) {
       foregroundLocationService.stopLocationService();
       foregroundLocationService.disableBackgroundMode();
     } else {

geolocator_android/lib/src/types/android_settings.dart

@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ class AndroidSettings extends LocationSettings {
 
   /// If this is set then the services is started as a Foreground service with a persistent notification
   /// showing the user that the service will continue running in the background.
+  ///
+  /// Note: Using this foreground notification does not run your service in the background, it just
+  /// increases the priority of your activity making it less likely for Android to kill the activity
+  /// when switching between apps. It does not prevent Android from killing the activity. If you want to
+  /// receive background location updates even if the activity is destroyed you need to use a third party
+  /// background service package that will start a new Flutter Engine that is not tied to your main activity.
   final ForegroundNotificationConfig? foregroundNotificationConfig;
 
   /// Set to true if altitude should be calculated as MSL (EGM2008) from NMEA messages

geolocator_android/pubspec.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: geolocator_android
 description: Geolocation plugin for Flutter. This plugin provides the Android implementation for the geolocator.
 repository: https://github.com/baseflow/flutter-geolocator/tree/main/geolocator_android
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/baseflow/flutter-geolocator/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen
-version: 4.1.3
+version: 4.1.4
 
 environment:
   sdk: ">=2.15.0 <3.0.0"