clib_serialport_dart 1.1.0

A dart wrapper for clibserialport

example/README.md

Example: Flutter desktop binding test

This example shows a simple Flutter test that invokes listSerialPorts() from clib_serialport_dart and ensures the native bindings can be loaded on desktop.

How to run (macOS / Linux / Windows desktop):

1. Ensure you have Flutter installed and the desktop target enabled.
2. From this package root, run flutter's test runner targeting the example file.

Note: this repository is a pure Dart package (not a Flutter plugin). The example demonstrates how to run the bindings from a Flutter desktop test by pointing the test at the shared library in native/ or by copying the appropriate binaries into your Flutter project's platform folders. Set the native library path if needed:

# macOS
export CLIB_SERIALPORT_LIB=$(pwd)/native/macos/libserialport.dylib

# Linux (x64)
export CLIB_SERIALPORT_LIB=$(pwd)/native/linux/libserialport.so

# Linux (arm64)
export CLIB_SERIALPORT_LIB=$(pwd)/native/linux/libserialport_arm64.so

# Windows (PowerShell)
# $env:CLIB_SERIALPORT_LIB = "$(pwd)\native\windows\libserialport-0.dll"

# Run the flutter test (example assumes flutter is on PATH)
flutter test example/flutter_binding_test.dart

Notes:

• This example is intended for desktop Flutter. Mobile platforms require platform-specific native builds and usually a plugin package structure to include the native library in the app bundle.

Bundling helper

There's a small helper that copies the native binaries from this package into a Flutter project so the app build can include them. Example usages (run from this package root):

Copy into a Flutter project's platform folders:

dart tool/bundle_native.dart --flutter-project /path/to/your/flutter/project

Or copy into a specific destination directory:

dart tool/bundle_native.dart --dest /path/to/target/dir

After copying, you may still need to add a platform-specific build/install step in the Flutter project to include the native library in the final app bundle (see platform notes above).