music_player 0.1.5

A flutter plugin to enable music playback with the native iOS and Android control centers.

Music Player

A music player flutter plugin that uses the native api to show the currently playing track with cover image and controls.

WARNING

This plugin is still in development

Prerequisites

Android:

• Android 5.0 Lollipop (API 21) or higher
• Kotlin support
• AndroidX compatibility

iOS:

• Swift support
• iOS 10.* or higher, because of some newly introduced audio playback features

Usage

A sample project can be found in the example folder.

Additional installation steps

Android

• Set the minSdkVersion in android/app/build.gradle to 21
• Migrate to AndroidX
• Add Kotlin support (In AndroidStudio "Refactor > Migrate to AndroidX..")
• Add the FOREGROUND_SERVICE permission and the MusicPlayerService to android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml (see below)

<manifest xmlns:android="..." package="...">

    <!-- Add following permission -->
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" />

    <application> 
        ...
        <activity>...</activity>
        
        <!-- Add the following service -->
        <service
            android:name="live.exit.musicplayer.MusicPlayerService"
            android:enabled="true" />
    </application>
</manifest>

iOS

TODO