FlutterMap LateInitializationError State Management - flutter

I'm trying to make a Flutter app, using Riverpod for state management and FlutterMaps. I have set up notifiers for pages, and am also using a (State)NotifierProvider for the map page. I am building a search function, which goes to a search page which displays a list with search results. When one of these results (in a list) is clicked, I update the notifier of the map page. However, here comes the tricky part: I want to update the map according to the LatLng of the search result (center it).
My implementation of the Notifier contains:
late MapController? _mapController;
My map page is loaded in and gets the mapController from the Notifier: mapController: notifier.getMapController()
Using Riverpod state management, this all should work, however I get the following Error:
LateError (LateInitializationError: Field '_state#1225051772' has already been initialized.)
This Error is within the MapController itself (which is part of the FlutterMaps package), so I do not want to touch that. Does anyone have any idea how to tackle this?

lateerror is caused by nulling a variable that will fill before the application starts.
late MapController? _mapController;
this definition is wrong. Here, you are saying that this value will fill in soon. You also say that this value can be null.
late MapController _mapController;
if you do so this variable should not be null at runtime. if it is null you will get a lateerror error.
MapController? _mapController;
if you do it this way. This means that the value can be null. You should check when using.
like this
void sameFunction(){
if(_mapController!=null){
... your code
// here make sure this variable is not null. For this reason ! i put this
MapController anotherController=_mapController!;
}
}
or
void sameFunction(){
// Your code will not throw an error if this variable is null. Because specify that
//it can be null
mapController?.moveTo(...)
}
for more detailed information

you should remove the late keyword or you should intialise it in the initState
method.

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