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Support Location Override

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@trueshail is already working on this.

Since Sep 3, 2026.

  • #1145 by @trueshail — open

Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
dart, flutter
Domain
mobile

Research direction

Start by tracing the Flutter location API alongside the native location.override(provider:) and overrideLocationProvider entry points. Review how FollowPuckViewportState obtains location updates, then define the override lifecycle and verify that injected latitude, longitude, accuracy, and heading updates are followed without the Mapbox GPS provider remaining active.

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Description

enhancement

Enable native location override to take incoming user locations and pass it through into mapbox. Trying to override the current experience using layers to mock a blue dot and shifting the camera to follow the blue dot feels inauthentic leading to a poor user experience.

Current limitation
  • The Flutter SDK does not expose location.override(provider:) (iOS) or overrideLocationProvider (Android).
  • FollowPuckViewportState follows Mapbox's internal GPS provider.
Desired behaviour
  • Provide an API to override the location provider in Flutter.
  • Allow injecting external location updates (lat, lon, accuracy, heading) from Dart into the overridden provider.
  • When overridden, Mapbox GPS should not be active
  • FollowPuckViewportState should smoothly follow the injected locations, preserving the current UX.
Dominant language
Dart
Stars
379
Forks
204
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