app_activity_launcher

A Flutter plugin for launching external apps and activities on Android. With this plugin, you can easily start external apps, start specific activities within apps, open the device's app store for a given app, and pass data to external apps.

Features

• Start an external app
• Start an external app in a specific activity
• Open the device app market for a given appId
• Pass extras to external apps

Getting Started

To use this plugin, add app_activity_launcher as a dependency in your pubspec.yaml file.

dependencies:
  app_activity_launcher: ^0.0.2

Start an external app

import 'package:app_activity_launcher/app_activity_launcher.dart';

var _app = AppActivityLauncher()
await _app.openApp(appId: "com.example.app"); // returns false if there was an error

Start an external app in a specific activity

import 'package:app_activity_launcher/app_activity_launcher.dart';

var _app = AppActivityLauncher()
await _app.openActivity(appId: "com.example.app", activity: "MainActivity");

Open the device app store for a given appId

import 'package:app_activity_launcher/app_activity_launcher.dart';

var _app = AppActivityLauncher()
await _app.openMarket(appId: "com.example.app");

Pass extras to external apps

import 'package:app_activity_launcher/app_activity_launcher.dart';

var _app = AppActivityLauncher()
Map<String, String> extras = {
  "url": "https://example.com/videos/master.mp4"
};
await _app.openActivity(appId: "com.example.app", activity: "PlayerActivity", extras : extras);

Contribute

If you find any bugs or have a feature request, please open an issue on GitHub. Pull requests are welcome!