Magento2: OnePageCheckout skip selection of shipping method

Question

In my project store I have a fixed rate for shipping anywhere (flatrate) but during the checkout process I still have to make the ajax call to select the shipping method. Is there a way to skip this? So the shipping method is selected on checkout preperation?

I only found a way to hide the select shipping method form but thats more of a workaround.

Im currently running Magento CE 2.2.4

Answer 1

As far as I know, hiding is the only option.

But it is possible for you to hide it via jquery (yeah kind of a workaround as well i know, but at least a dynamic one).

You could hide it, if you only have one shipping option, and as soon as you've got 2 you unhide it.

This way you've got a more dynamic solution.