Flutter Google Maps, Trying to create an already created platform view, view id: 0

Question

For first time google maps flutter ,loads perfect but when hot restart it , it goes to platform exception

google_maps_flutter: ^0.5.21+15

Github [google_maps_fl

Answer 1

I also had the same issue and using flutter clean didn't solve it for me (flutter version 1.12.13+hotfix 8)

But then, adding a unique key to the widget (not to its state) solved the issue for me.

minimum working code sample to demonstrate this.

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:google_maps_flutter/google_maps_flutter.dart';

void main() => runApp(MyApp());

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'Map not crashing demo',
      debugShowCheckedModeBanner: false,
      theme: ThemeData(
        primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
      ),
      home: LocationScreen(),
    );
  }
}

class LocationScreen extends StatefulWidget 
{
  final Key _mapKey = UniqueKey();
  @override
  _LocationScreenState createState() => _LocationScreenState();
}

class _LocationScreenState extends State 
{
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) 
  {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(title: const Text('Map not crashing demo')),
      body: TheMap(key:widget._mapKey)
    );
  }
}

class TheMap extends StatefulWidget 
{
  ///key is required, otherwise map crashes on hot reload
  TheMap({ @required Key key})
  :
  super(key:key);

  @override
  _MyAppState createState() => _MyAppState();
}

class _MyAppState extends State 
{
  GoogleMapController _mapController ;

  void _onMapCreated(GoogleMapController controller) {
    _mapController = controller;
  }
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) 
  {
    return Scaffold(
      //also this avoids it crashing/breaking when the keyboard is up
      resizeToAvoidBottomInset: false,
      body: GoogleMap(
          onMapCreated: _onMapCreated,
          initialCameraPosition: CameraPosition(
            target: const LatLng(30.0925973,31.3219982),
            zoom: 11.0,
          ),
        )
    );
  }
}