flow_widget_windows

Windows federated implementation of flow_widget.

Platform limitations

Windows does not expose a stable, public home-screen widget API comparable to WidgetKit or Android App Widgets. The Windows Widgets platform (powered by third-party feeds) is not available to arbitrary Flutter desktop apps.

This package therefore provides:

  • Local typed storage persisted to %APPDATA%/flow_widget/storage.json
  • No-op widget updates that stamp last_update after saving data
  • Image bytes saved under %APPDATA%/flow_widget/images/

update, updateMany, and updateAll succeed after persisting data so Dart callers can share code with mobile platforms without special-casing Windows.

Capabilities

Feature Supported
Visual desktop widgets No
Background storage Yes
Multiple widget instances No
Live Activities No
App Groups No

Storage layout

%APPDATA%/flow_widget/
  storage.json      # typed `{t, v}` values, configs, timelines
  images/           # binary widget images keyed by filename

Future integration

When a supported Windows widget host API becomes available, a native backend can read the same JSON store without breaking the Dart contract.

Channels

  • Method channel: dev.flow_widget/methods
  • Event channel: dev.flow_widget/events

Libraries

flow_widget_windows