app_limiter 0.1.0

A Flutter plugin to limit screen time or block apps on Android and iOS

0.1.0 - 2026-10-01

Fixed

• Android 14+ crash MissingForegroundServiceTypeException when blocking (#1, #4). The blocking service is now a specialUse foreground service.
• Overlay disappearing about 10 seconds after opening a blocked app.
• Unblocking one Android package stopped blocking for every package.
• Repeated block calls started duplicate blocking loops and leaked overlay views.
• Blocking service kept running (with its notification) after permissions were revoked.
• Settings could not be blocked; it is now exited to the home screen because it hides third-party overlays.
• iOS selection API called Android's blockApp method, which blocked every app on Android.
• iOS picker never appeared in UIScene-based apps (Flutter's default template).
• iOS UI work ran off the main thread after the authorization prompt.
• iOS picker applied shields while the user was still choosing, and Cancel did not undo them.
• iOS plugin failed to compile ([AnyHashable: Any] passed as [String: Any]).
• events threw MissingPluginException on Android.
• "Block all" skipped preinstalled apps (YouTube, Gmail, ...) because only non-system apps were blocked; it now covers every app with a launcher icon except the dialer and Settings.

Added

• iOS: showIOSAppPicker(), blockIOSApps(), unblockIOSApps(), isIOSAppsBlocked(), getIOSAuthorizationStatus() to separate selection from blocking (#6).
• Android: blockAllAndroidApps(), unblockAllAndroidApps(), getBlockedAndroidApps(), isAndroidBlockingActive().
• Android blocking events (android_blocking_state_changed, android_blocking_stopped).
• Blocking resumes after app updates as well as reboots.
• Notification permission request on Android 13+.
• Swift Package Manager support for iOS.
• Unit tests (Dart and Kotlin) and on-device integration tests.

Changed

• blockAndroidApp/unblockAndroidApp reject empty package names; use the All variants.
• Blocking on Android fails with PERMISSION_DENIED instead of silently doing nothing.
• requestIosPermission() returns false when the user declines instead of throwing.
• Removed SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM from the plugin manifest.
• Deprecated blocAndroidApp(), unblocAndroidApp() and blockAndUnblockIOSApp().

0.0.1 - 2025-05-14

• Initial release.
• Supports blocking/unblocking Android and iOS apps.
• Handles permission requests on both platforms.
• Added helper methods to check and request platform-specific permissions.

0.0.2 - 2025-05-21

• Added Dartdoc comments for public API

0.0.3 - 2025-05-21

• Added Dartdoc comments for public API
• Readme File updated for easy configuration

0.0.4 - 2025-05-31

• Block Overlay Hide Issue Fixed
• Readme File updated for configuration