Get current position in ionic2

Question

I am new to Ionic 2 and following some tutorials.

In this case I need to change following method:

 applyHaversine(locations){

        let usersLocation = {


            lat: 40.713744, 
            lng: -74.009056
        };

        locations.map((location) => {

            let placeLocation = {
                lat: location.latitude,
                lng: location.longitude
            };

            location.distance = this.getDistanceBetweenPoints(
                usersLocation,
                placeLocation,
                'miles'
            ).toFixed(2);
        });

        return locations;
    }

You can see that variable usersLocation is hard-coded:

let usersLocation = {


            lat: 40.713744, 
            lng: -74.009056
        };

I would like to get there the real user location.

I have seen the method Geolocation.getCurrentPosition(), but I don´t know how to implement it in this case.

Thank you

EDITED

 applyHaversine(locations){
        Geolocation.getCurrentPosition().then((resp) => {

        let  latitud = resp.coords.latitude
        let longitud = resp.coords.longitude
        }).catch((error) => {
          console.log('Error getting location', error);
        });

  console.log(this.latitud);
        let usersLocation = {

           lat:  this.latitud, 
           lng:  this.longitud 
        };

Answer 1

I would use the Geolocation cordova plugin. You can access it with ionic-native. First you need to install the plugin:

$ ionic plugin add cordova-plugin-geolocation --save

You can then use it like this:

import { Geolocation } from 'ionic-native';

Geolocation.getCurrentPosition().then(res => {
  // res.coords.latitude
  // res.coords.longitude
}).catch((error) => {
  console.log('Error getting location', error);
});

https://ionicframework.com/docs/v2/native/geolocation/

EDIT:

Your updated code is almost correct. You made 2 small mistakes in your code:

1. You defined 2 local variables (let latitud and let longitud), but then later in your code you access them by using this.latitudand this.longitud. this always refers to variables defined in your class, so those will be undefined. You either have to use local variables or class wide variables, but that depends on your architecture. Both work.

2. Geolocation.getCurrentPosition() returns a promise. This means that the code inside .then(() => {}) will be executed later (as soon as the plugin has the result with your location). But the rest of your code is outside the then, which means that it will be executed before you have the location. So you need to copy your whole code into the then like this:

   applyHaversine(locations) {
     Geolocation.getCurrentPosition().then(res => {
       let usersLocation = {
         lat: res.coords.latitude, 
         lng: res.coords.longitude
       };
   
       locations.map((location) => {
   
         let placeLocation = {
           lat: location.latitude,
           lng: location.longitude
         };
   
         location.distance = this.getDistanceBetweenPoints(
           usersLocation,
           placeLocation,
           'miles'
         ).toFixed(2);
       });
   
     console.log(locations); // This will now have your updated distances
   
     }).catch((error) => {
       console.log('Error getting location', error);
     });
   
     return locations; // this will not work because the code above is asynchronous
   }
   

EDIT 2:

A working example would be:

applyHaversine(locations) {
  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    Geolocation.getCurrentPosition().then(res => {
      let usersLocation = {
        lat: res.coords.latitude, 
        lng: res.coords.longitude
      };

      locations.map((location) => {

        let placeLocation = {
          lat: location.latitude,
          lng: location.longitude
        };

        location.distance = this.getDistanceBetweenPoints(
          usersLocation,
          placeLocation,
          'miles'
        ).toFixed(2);
      });

    resolve(locations); // As soon as this is called, the "then" in will be executed in the function below.

    }).catch(reject);
  });
}

And where you use this function:

doSomething(locations) {
  this.applyHaversine(locations).then(res => {
    // The logic after you have your new results goes here.
    console.log(res); // res will be the value that you passed into the resolve function above, in this case your updated locations array
  }
}