Flutter Shortcuts

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Compatibility

✅ Android
❌ iOS (active issue: iOS support for quick actions)

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Why use Flutter Shortcuts?

Flutter Shortcuts Plugin is known for :

Flutter Shortcuts
Fast, performant & compatible
Free & Open-source
Production ready
Make App Reactive

Features

All the features listed below can be performed at the runtime.

✅ Create Shortcuts
✅ Clear Shortcuts
✅ Update Shortcuts
✅ Conversation Shortcuts
✅ Use both flutter and android asset as shortcut icon

Demo

Quick Start

Step 1: Include plugin to your project

dependencies:
  flutter_shortcuts: <latest version>

Run pub get and get packages.

Step 2: Instantiate Flutter Shortcuts Plugin

final FlutterShortcuts flutterShortcuts = FlutterShortcuts();

Step 3: Initialize Flutter Shortcuts

flutterShortcuts.initialize(debug: true);

Example

Define Shortcut Action

flutterShortcuts.listenAction((String incomingAction) {
    setState(() {
    if (incomingAction != null) {
        action = incomingAction;
    }
  });
});

Get Max Shortcut Limit

Return the maximum number of static and dynamic shortcuts that each launcher icon can have at a time.

int? result = await flutterShortcuts.getMaxShortcutLimit();

Shortcut Icon Asset

Flutter Shortcuts allows you to create shortcut icon from both android drawable or mipmap and flutter Assets.

If you want to use icon from Android resources, drawable or mipmap.

use: ShortcutIconAsset.androidAsset

ShortcutItem(
  id: "2",
  action: 'Bookmark page action',
  shortLabel: 'Bookmark Page',
  icon: "ic_launcher",
  shortcutIconAsset: ShortcutIconAsset.androidAsset,
),

If you want to create shortcut icon from flutter asset. (DEFAULT)

use: ShortcutIconAsset.flutterAsset

ShortcutItem(
  id: "2",
  action: 'Bookmark page action',
  shortLabel: 'Bookmark Page',
  icon: 'assets/icons/bookmark.png',
  shortcutIconAsset: ShortcutIconAsset.flutterAsset,
),

Set shortcut items

Publishes the list of shortcuts. All existing shortcuts will be replaced.

flutterShortcuts.setShortcutItems(
  shortcutItems: <ShortcutItem>[
    const ShortcutItem(
      id: "1",
      action: 'Home page action',
      shortLabel: 'Home Page',
      icon: 'assets/icons/home.png',
    ),
    const ShortcutItem(
      id: "2",
      action: 'Bookmark page action',
      shortLabel: 'Bookmark Page',
      icon: "ic_launcher",
      shortcutIconAsset: ShortcutIconAsset.androidAsset,
    ),
  ],
),

Clear shortcut item

Delete all dynamic shortcuts from the app.

flutterShortcuts.clearShortcutItems();

Push Shortcut Item

Push a new shortcut item. If there is already a dynamic or pinned shortcut with the same ID, the shortcut will be updated and pushed at the end of the shortcut list.

flutterShortcuts.pushShortcutItem(
  shortcut: ShortcutItem(
    id: "5",
    action: "Play Music Action",
    shortLabel: "Play Music",
    icon: 'assets/icons/music.png',
  ),
);

Push Shortcut Items

Pushes a list of shortcut item. If there is already a dynamic or pinned shortcut with the same ID, the shortcut will be updated and pushed at the end of the shortcut list.

flutterShortcuts.pushShortcutItems(
  shortcutList: <ShortcutItem>[
    const ShortcutItem(
      id: "1",
      action: 'Home page new action',
      shortLabel: 'Home Page',
      icon: 'assets/icons/home.png',
    ),
    const ShortcutItem(
      id: "2",
      action: 'Bookmark page new action',
      shortLabel: 'Bookmark Page',
      icon: 'assets/icons/bookmark.png',
    ),
    const ShortcutItem(
      id: "3",
      action: 'Settings Action',
      shortLabel: 'Setting',
      icon: 'assets/icons/settings.png',
    ),
  ],
);

Update Shortcut Item

Updates a single shortcut item based on id. If the ID of the shortcut is not same, no changes will be reflected.

flutterShortcuts.updateShortcutItem(
  shortcut: ShortcutItem(
    id: "1",
    action: 'Go to url action',
    shortLabel: 'Visit Page',
    icon: 'assets/icons/url.png',
  ),
);

Update Shortcut Items

Updates shortcut items. If the IDs of the shortcuts are not same, no changes will be reflected.

flutterShortcuts.updateShortcutItems(
 shortcutList: <ShortcutItem>[
   const ShortcutItem(
     id: "1",
     action: 'Resume playing Action',
     shortLabel: 'Resume playing',
     icon: 'assets/icons/play.png',
   ),
   const ShortcutItem(
     id: "2",
     action: 'Search Songs Action',
     shortLabel: 'Search Songs',
     icon: 'assets/icons/search.png',
   ),
 ],
);

Set Conversation Shortcut

Set conversationShortcut: true in ShortcutItem to make the shortcut as conversation shortcut.

The conversation shortcut can also be set as important and bot by setting isImportant: true & isBot: true.

await flutterShortcuts.pushShortcutItems(
 shortcutList: <ShortcutItem>[
   const ShortcutItem(
     id: "1",
     action: 'open_chat_1',
     shortLabel: 'Divyanshu Shekhar',
     icon: 'assets/icons/home.png',
     conversationShortcut: true,
     isImportant: true,
   ),
   const ShortcutItem(
     id: "2",
     action: 'oepn_chat_2',
     shortLabel: 'Subham Praharaj',
     icon: 'assets/icons/bookmark.png',
     conversationShortcut: true,
   ),
   const ShortcutItem(
     id: "3",
     action: 'oepn_chat_3',
     shortLabel: 'Auto Reply Bot',
     icon: 'assets/icons/url.png',
     conversationShortcut: true,
     isBot: true,
   ),
 ],
);

Change Shortcut Item Icon

Change the icon of the shortcut based on id. If the ID of the shortcut is not same, no changes will be reflected.

flutterShortcuts.changeShortcutItemIcon(
  id: "2",
  icon: "assets/icons/next.png",
);

Get shortcut icon properties

Get the icon properties of your shortcut icon.

Map<String, int> result = await flutterShortcuts.getIconProperties();
print( "maxHeight: ${result["maxHeight"]}, maxWidth: ${result["maxWidth"]}");

Project Created & Maintained By

Divyanshu Shekhar

Subham Praharaj

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