available_video_players

A Flutter plugin to retrieve all installed video player apps on Android, designed for seamless integration in Flutter applications. This plugin currently supports retrieving installed video players on Android only.

Features

Retrieve a list of installed video player apps on Android
Get app names and package names of installed video players
Simple API to access installed video player data

Installation

Add available_video_players as a dependency in your pubspec.yaml file:

dependencies:
  available_video_players: <latest version>

If you are working on the plugin directly or planning to install it from GitHub before publishing to pub.dev, you can add it like this:

dependencies:
  available_video_players:
    git:
      url: https://github.com/yourusername/available_video_players.git

Then, run:

flutter pub get

Usage

Import the Plugin
In your Dart code, import the available_video_players package:
```
import 'package:available_video_players/available_video_players.dart';
```

Get Installed Video Players
Use the getInstalledVideoPlayers method to get a list of installed video player apps on the device.

List<VideoPlayerApp> videoPlayers = await AvailableVideoPlayers.getInstalledVideoPlayers();
videoPlayers.forEach((app) {
  print('App Name: ${app.appName}');
  print('Package Name: ${app.packageName}');
});

Permissions

Ensure your Android application has the necessary permissions:

Open android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml.
Add the following permissions to access installed apps:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES"/>

This permission is required to list installed apps on Android 11 and higher.

Notes

This plugin works on Android only.
The list of installed video players is retrieved based on the apps' package names.
This plugin does not provide icons for the apps, only their names and package names.

License

MIT License. See LICENSE file for details.