title: Flutter Integration

Flutter Integration

Prisma ORM for Dart allows you to integrate it in Flutter Project.

Platform Support

Platform Support Nots
iOS ✅
Android ✅
macOS ❌ Prisma C-ABI not support
Linux ❌ Prisma C-ABI not support
Windows ❌ Prisma C-ABI not support
Web ❌ No plans at the moment

Database Support

Database Suppoprt Notes
Sqlite ✅
MySQL/MariaDB ❌ Prisma C-ABI not support
PostgreSQL ❌ Prisma C-ABI not support
MongoDB ❌ Prisma C-ABI not support
Microsoft SQL Server ❌ Prisma C-ABI not support
CockroachDB ❌ Prisma C-ABI not support

Installation

You should first read the Installation Documentation, and Setup Prisma ORM of the orm package.

Now, let’s install the orm_flutter package, you can use the command line:

flutter pub add orm_flutter

Or edit your Flutter project’s pubspce.yaml file:

dependencies:
  orm_flutter: latest

Integration

Set your generator engine type to flutter in your Prisma schema (schema.prisma):

generator client {
  provider   = "dart run orm"
  output     = "../lib/_generated_prisma_client"
  engineType = "flutter" // [!code focus]
}

Migrations

Unlike server-side, databases in Flutter are not typically handled by you in the Prisma CLI before building.

Create migration file

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bun prisma migrate dev

npx prisma migrate dev

pnpx prisma migrate dev

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Notes: By default it is created in the prisma/migrations/ folder.

Set migration files to flutter assets

Now, let's edit your pubspec.yaml:

flutter:
  assets:
    - prisma/migrations/ # Migrations root dir
    - prisma/migrations/<dir>/ # Set first migration files dir
    # ... More assets

Notes: Each migration folder generated using the prisma migrate dev command needs to be added.

Run migration

final engine = prisma.$engine as LibraryEngine;

await engine.applyMigrations(
     path: 'prisma/migrations/', // You define in `flutter.assets` migrations root dir
);

Notes:

In addition to using flutter.assets, you can customize AssetBundle to achieve:

await engine.applyMigrations(
  path: '<Your migration dir prefix>',
  bundle: <You custon bundle>,
);

Also, engine.applyMigrations may throw exceptions. This is usually caused by your destructive changes to the migration files, and you should handle this yourself. The most common method is to delete the database file after throwing the exception, and then rerun the migration.

If you are adding a new migration, there will be almost no problems.

Complete integration example

In this Example, we will install these packages:

We install the database in the <Application Support Directory>/database.sqlite location and then use flutter.assets to run the migration

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import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
import 'package:orm_flutter/orm_flutter.dart';
import 'package:path/path.dart';
import 'package:path_provider/path_provider.dart';

import '_generated_prisma_client/client.dart';

late final PrismaClient prisma;

Future<void> initPrismaClient() async {
  WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();

  final supportDir = await getApplicationSupportDirectory();
  final database = join(supportDir.path, 'database.sqlite.db');

  prisma = PrismaClient(datasourceUrl: 'file:$database');
  final engine = switch (prisma.$engine) {
    LibraryEngine engine => engine,
    _ => null,
  };

  await prisma.$connect();
  await engine?.applyMigrations(path: 'prisma/migrations');
}


import 'prisma.dart';

Future<void> main() async {
     await initPrismaClient();

     // ...
}

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Example App

We provide you with a demo App that integrates Prisma ORM in Flutter 👉 Flutter with ORM

FAQ

Error (Xcode): Undefined symbol: prisma_*

This is due to a library compilation failure, which will persist even if you download a new fixed version.

Solution: Run the command:

flutter clean

Other unknown error solutions:

Most problems can be solved by using the following combination of commands:

flutter clean # Clean flutter cache files
flutter pub get # Reinstall deps
<bun/npx/pnpx/yarn> prisma generate # Regenerate prisma client

Libraries

orm_flutter