native_trend 0.2.0

Picks pub.dev packages for the latest platform design trends: native-view Liquid Glass on iOS, Material 3 Expressive on Android. Writes AI context.

native_trend

AI coding assistants learn from old data, and pub.dev has dozens of packages that claim to bring the latest platform look to Flutter. native_trend checks pub.dev live, picks the packages that actually deliver it, and writes the result to a file your assistant reads.

Platform	Trend	What counts
iOS	Liquid Glass (iOS 26)	Only plugins that embed real native iOS views. The OS draws the glass, so Flutter-drawn imitations are skipped.
Android	Material 3 Expressive	The official flutter.dev material_ui first, then Flutter-drawn component packages, preferring ones built on material_ui. No pub.dev package renders M3 Expressive with native Android views today, and Material has always been drawn by Flutter.

pub.dev does the validation. Discontinued packages are dropped, and everything else (points, likes, downloads, publisher) comes from pub.dev as-is.

Install

dart pub global activate native_trend

iOS: Liquid Glass

native_trend find --platform ios --link CLAUDE.md

use  adaptive_platform_ui               160 pts   11477 dl/30d  native view + glass API
use  cupertino_native_better            160 pts    7393 dl/30d  native view + glass API
...
use  native_glass_navbar                150 pts    1465 dl/30d  native view, system controls
skip liquid_glass_widgets               160 pts   74887 dl/30d  Flutter-drawn imitation (no native code)
skip liquid_glass_renderer              150 pts   25481 dl/30d  Flutter-drawn imitation (no native code)

Each plugin's source is scanned for a platform view (UiKitView) and the iOS 26 glass API (UIGlassEffect, .glassEffect). Neither Flutter's Cupertino library nor the official cupertino_ui package implements Liquid Glass yet (flutter#170310).

Android: Material 3 Expressive

native_trend find --platform android --link CLAUDE.md

use  material_ui                        160 pts 1178956 dl/30d  official flutter.dev package
use  m3e_core                           160 pts    2132 dl/30d  Flutter-drawn, built on material_ui
use  m3e_buttons                        160 pts    2120 dl/30d  Flutter-drawn, built on material_ui
...
use  expressive_loading_indicator       160 pts   17211 dl/30d  Flutter-drawn

material_ui is checked on every run. Today it defines StyleVariant.material3Expressive but ThemeData doesn't accept it yet, so the context file tells the assistant to use only the official color scheme (DynamicSchemeVariant.expressive) and packages for the rest. When material_ui wires the option in, the context switches to the official opt-in automatically.

Options

• --platform ios|android (default ios)
• --dir <path>: project root (default .)
• --out <path>: output file (default .ai/native_trend_<platform>.md)
• --link <file>: add a one-line pointer to the output in CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, or any other file your assistant reads. Repeatable.

Apply with Claude Code

This repository is also a Claude Code plugin with two skills:

• liquid-glass: runs find --platform ios, lets you pick a package, reads its README and source, and converts only your navigation and control widgets (behind an iOS-only branch when the package has no fallback), following Apple's rules.
• material-expressive: runs find --platform android, applies the official part first, then converts only the components you choose.

/plugin marketplace add Seungpyo1007/native_trend
/plugin install native-trend@native-trend

Liquid Glass only shows in iOS builds made with Xcode 26 or later.