flutter_app_shortcut 1.0.0

A plugin for you to easily implement dynamic native app shortcut for Android and quick actions for IOS

flutter_app_shortcut

A plugin to implement Android native App shortcut and IOS quick actions

Getting Started

Where to get it?

Go to the plugin official pub.dev page to install

How to use it?

Review this file to get full example usages

Example

Android

Add a new shortcut

FlutterAppShortcut().push(
    ShortcutArg(
        id: 'id_1',
        title: 'Home page',
        iconResourceName: 'ic_android_black',
        androidArg: AndroidArg(
            longLabel: 'Go to Home page',
            uri: 'https://www.google.com',
        )
    );
)

Add a new icon

• Add icon resource to android/app/src/main/res
• Set iconResourceName to the same name as the added icon in previous step

IOS

FlutterAppShortcut().push(
    ShortcutArg(
        id: 'id_1',
        title: 'Home page',
        iconResourceName: 'register',
        iosArg: IosArg(subtitle: "My subtitle),
    );
)

Add a new icon

• Add image set using Xcode
• Set iconResourceName to the same name as the added icon in previous step

Arguments

ShortcutArg

Name	Type	Requirements	Description
id	String	Unique	When pushing shortcuts with the same ID, the existing one is updated
title	String	Not empty	App short cut label (title)
iconResourceName	String		Icon resource name (see below for usage)
androidArg	AndroidArg		Extra arguments for Android shortcuts
iosArg	IosArg		Extra arguments for IOS shortcuts

AndroidArg

Name	Type	Requirements	Description
longLabel	String		if there is enough space on the device, longLabel replaces title
uri	String		Uri when click on shortcut

IosArg

Name	Type	Requirements	Description
subtitle	String		Subtitle of the shortcut

Limitations

Android

• Pinned shortcut cannot be removed, only disabled
• Shortcut after disabled cannot be enabled, however, pinned shortcut can
• Cannot return icon name when cal getShortcuts
• Cannot set disabled message (will implement in the future)
• Cannot use icon from flutter side (will implement in the future)
• On click short cut does nothing (will implement in the future)

IOS

• On IOS, enable and disable shortcuts is not available
• Cannot return icon name when cal getShortcuts
• Does no support disable, enable icons
• Cannot use icon from flutter side (will implement in the future)
• On click short cut does nothing (will implement in the future)
  
  

TODO

• ✅ Reseach + Implement for IOS side

Android

• ❌ Allow add disabled message to disabled shortcuts
• ✅ Implement get shortcuts
• ❌ Allow icon from flutter side
• ❌ Enable destination on click shortcut
• ❌ Provide accurate errors

IOS

• ✅ Allow set subtitle
• ✅ Allow set icon
• ❌ Allow icon from flutter side
• ❌ Enable destination on click shortcut
• ❌ Provide accurate errors
  
  

Bugs, Ideas, and Feedback

For bugs please use GitHub Issues. For questions, ideas, and discussions use GitHub Discussions.

License

Copyright 2021 The Flutter App Shortcuts Project Authors

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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