What is the difference between the flutter location plugin and flutter geolocator plugin

Question

I have to design an app which would track the location of the user when that app is in use, but I am confused whether I should use location plugin or geolocator plugin as I am not understanding the difference in their roles, could someone explain it, I am unable to get it.

Answer 1

Both seem to have the same functionality.

But I would stick to geolocator because:

• more actively developed (last commit on flutterlocation is 4 months ago)

• uses FusedLocationProviderClient, and LocationManager if not available

• is supported by a company instead of a single maintainer

I hope it helps