flutter_system_ringtones_advanced

A Flutter plugin to list system ringtones, alarms, and notification sounds on Android using RingtoneManager.

Community-maintained fork of imedboumalek/flutter_system_ringtones, republished as flutter_system_ringtones_advanced on pub.dev because the upstream maintainer is no longer accepting pull requests.

Platform support

Platform	Supported	Notes
Android	Yes	API 16+. Lists tones via RingtoneManager.
iOS	No	Apple does not expose a supported public API to enumerate user/system ringtones for third-party apps. Use FlutterSystemRingtones.isSupported (false on iOS); API calls return an empty list without invoking the method channel.
Web / desktop	No	Returns an empty list.

Why no iOS?

iOS does not provide an equivalent of Android’s RingtoneManager. The original upstream plugin returned a platform version string from iOS, which caused:

type 'String' is not a subtype of type 'List?' in type cast

when calling getNotificationSounds() / similar methods (upstream issue discussion). This package removes iOS from the plugin and guards the Dart API so non-Android platforms never hit that failure mode.

Scanning private system sound directories is fragile, simulator-incompatible, and generally not App Store–safe; it is intentionally out of scope.

Installation

dependencies:
  flutter_system_ringtones_advanced: ^2.0.1

flutter pub get

Migrating from flutter_system_ringtones

dependencies:
  flutter_system_ringtones_advanced: ^2.0.1

import 'package:flutter_system_ringtones_advanced/flutter_system_ringtones_advanced.dart';

The Dart API (FlutterSystemRingtones, Ringtone) is unchanged on Android.

Requirements

	Minimum
Dart	3.0+
Flutter	3.10+
Android	API 16+

No extra Android permissions are required to list built-in tones.

Usage

import 'package:flutter_system_ringtones_advanced/flutter_system_ringtones_advanced.dart';

if (FlutterSystemRingtones.isSupported) {
  final ringtones = await FlutterSystemRingtones.getRingtoneSounds();
  final alarms = await FlutterSystemRingtones.getAlarmSounds();
  final notifications = await FlutterSystemRingtones.getNotificationSounds();
}

Each method returns List<Ringtone> (never null; empty when unsupported or when none are found).

Ringtone fields

Field	Description
id	System sound ID
title	Display name
uri	Android content URI (e.g. content://media/internal/audio/media/42)

Ringtone implements Equatable and supports copyWith, JSON encoding, etc.

Playing a selected sound on Android

The uri value is a content:// URI, not a filesystem path. You usually cannot convert it to a stable absolute file path for all devices/OEMs. Play it through Android’s content resolver instead.

Option 1: just_audio (recommended)

dependencies:
  just_audio: ^0.10.4

import 'package:just_audio/just_audio.dart';

final player = AudioPlayer();
await player.setUrl(ringtone.uri); // content://...
await player.play();

Option 2: audioplayers

import 'package:audioplayers/audioplayers.dart';

final player = AudioPlayer();
await player.play(UrlSource(ringtone.uri));

Option 3: native RingtoneManager (Android only)

In Kotlin/Java:

val uri = Uri.parse(ringtoneUriString)
val ringtone = RingtoneManager.getRingtone(context, uri)
ringtone.play()

If playback fails, confirm the URI is still valid (user may have removed the sound) and that you are not assuming a /storage/... file path.

Example

cd example
flutter run

On Android you will see device ringtones; on iOS the example compiles but lists nothing and shows an informational banner.

FAQ

How do I get a “real” file path from uri? (#3)

For many media tones there is no portable absolute path—only a content:// URI. Use one of the playback options above. To copy bytes to your app sandbox (advanced), use Android ContentResolver.openInputStream(Uri.parse(uri)) in platform code; that is not built into this plugin.

Does this support iOS? (#2)

No. See Platform support above.

Issues

GitHub Issues

License

MIT — see LICENSE. Original work Copyright (c) 2022 Imed Boumalek.