1.1.1 • Published 1 year ago
react-google-maps-user-location v1.1.1
react-google-maps-user-location
User location button library for Google maps
Description
Add a user location button to google maps on React. Click on the button and navigator will ask for location permission to the user. If the user accepts the map will pan and zoom to center the user location. Button and user location image look like google maps ones.
Installation
npm install --save react-google-maps-user-location
or:
yarn add react-google-maps-user-location
Usage
Tested with google-map-react
import GoogleMap from 'google-map-react';
import { UserLocatorButton } from 'react-google-maps-user-location';
...
const mapRef = useRef();
...
<GoogleMap
bootstrapURLKeys={{ key:YOUR_GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY }}
defaultCenter={DEFAULT_CENTER}
defaultZoom={DEFAULT_ZOOM}
yesIWantToUseGoogleMapApiInternals
onGoogleApiLoaded={({ map, maps }) => {
mapRef.current = map;
const controlPosition = document.createElement("div");
ReactDOM.render(<UserLocatorButton mapRef={mapRef} maps={maps}/>, controlPosition)
map.controls[maps.ControlPosition.RIGHT_TOP].push(controlPosition)
}}>
</GoogleMap>
Caveats
Required React Version
React 16.8 or above is required because we use hooks.
License
Creative Commons