Qt Positioning GeoClue v2 plugin | Qt Positioning | Qt 6.11.1
Description: Uses the GeoClue v2 library to provide positioning updates

- Qt 6.11
- Qt Positioning
- Qt Positioning Plugins
- Qt Positioning GeoClue v2 plugin
- Qt 6.11.1 Reference Documentation

Android plugin ◦ Gypsy plugin

# Qt Positioning GeoClue v2 plugin

## Overview

This plugin is an interface to the GeoClue v2 library. It requires this library to be installed on the system to function.

The plugin uses D-Bus to establish communication with the GeoClue v2 D-Bus service and to provide positioning information.

The plugin can be used to receive only the positioning information. It does not provide satellite information.

The plugin can be loaded by using the provider name geoclue2.

## Parameters

The following table lists parameters that can be passed to the geoclue2 plugin.

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
desktopId | The Desktop Id property used by the D-Bus service. If the parameter is not specified, the desktop file name provided by QGuiApplication::desktopFileName() will be used.

## Examples

The following examples show how to create a geoclue2 PositionSource from C++ and QML.

### QML

     PositionSource {
         name: "geoclue2"
         PluginParameter { name: "desktopId"; value: "SomeIdentifierString" }
     }

### C++

     QVariantMap params;
     params["desktopId"] = "SomeIdentifierString";
     QGeoPositionInfoSource *positionSource = QGeoPositionInfoSource::createSource("geoclue2", params, this);

Android plugin ◦ Gypsy plugin