available_video_players 1.1.0

A Flutter plugin for Android to retrieve a list of installed video player applications.

available_video_players

A Flutter plugin to retrieve all installed video player apps on Android, designed for seamless integration in Flutter applications. This plugin currently supports retrieving installed video players on Android only.

Features

• Retrieve a list of installed video player apps on Android
• Get app names and package names of installed video players
• Simple API to access installed video player data

Installation

Add available_video_players as a dependency in your pubspec.yaml file:

dependencies:
  available_video_players: <latest version>

If you are working on the plugin directly or planning to install it from GitHub before publishing to pub.dev, you can add it like this:

dependencies:
  available_video_players:
    git:
      url: https://github.com/yourusername/available_video_players.git

Then, run:

flutter pub get

Usage

1. Import the Plugin
   In your Dart code, import the available_video_players package:

   import 'package:available_video_players/available_video_players.dart';
   

2. Get Installed Video Players
   Use the getInstalledVideoPlayers method to get a list of installed video player apps on the device.

   List<VideoPlayerApp> videoPlayers = await AvailableVideoPlayers.getInstalledVideoPlayers();
   videoPlayers.forEach((app) {
     print('App Name: ${app.appName}');
     print('Package Name: ${app.packageName}');
   });
   

Permissions

Ensure your Android application has the necessary permissions:

1. Open android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml.
2. Add the following permissions to access installed apps:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES"/>

This permission is required to list installed apps on Android 11 and higher.

Notes

• This plugin works on Android only.
• The list of installed video players is retrieved based on the apps' package names.
• This plugin does not provide icons for the apps, only their names and package names.

License

MIT License. See LICENSE file for details.