Getting locationFromAddress noticeably freezes main thread

[marcinOz]

🐛 Bug Report

When calling locationFromAddress() it noticeably freezes the main thread of the application and we can not move it to separate isolate as then it returns null.

Expected behavior

It should work more performance-friendly.

Reproduction steps

just call it with some animation or try to click on the UI and it's freezed

Configuration

Pixel 4

Flutter 2.2.1 • channel stable • https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
Framework • revision 02c026b03c (4 weeks ago) • 2021-05-27 12:24:44 -0700
Engine • revision 0fdb562ac8
Tools • Dart 2.13.1

Version: 1.x

geocoding: ^2.0.0

Platform:

• 📱 iOS (didn't test that)
• 🤖 Android

[postpasspost]

I noticed the problem in Android but not on iOS. Devices tested: Huawei Android 10 and 8 (STK-LX1 and ATU-L21)

[0x-cell]

This also happens with placemarkFromCoordinates. Is there an eta for the fix as it sounds as a critical issue?

[0x-cell]

I've added some silly async operations to make this lib work:
https://gist.github.com/0x-cell/cce3317a8933689c603a998a977f9dcb

[mikeKane]

+1 this is critical

[Mayb3Nots]

Any word from the developer on why this could be an issue? Would love to help out.

Meanwhile an alternative:
https://pub.dev/packages/flutter_geocoder

works well and has no freezing, but it feels slower than this package

[dannylin108]

Meanwhile an alternative:
https://pub.dev/packages/flutter_geocoder

it uses depreciated API and seems is not supported, so can't serve as a long-term solution ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[abdullahalamodi]

I've added some silly async operations to make this lib work: https://gist.github.com/0x-cell/cce3317a8933689c603a998a977f9dcb

it's really working smoothly thank you

[Mayb3Nots]

I've added some silly async operations to make this lib work: https://gist.github.com/0x-cell/cce3317a8933689c603a998a977f9dcb

I have created a PR #103 using @0x-cell 's code.

You can use it here while its not yet merged.

  geocoding:
    git:
      url: https://github.com/Mayb3Nots/flutter-geocoding
      ref: master
      path: geocoding