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Flutter – Writing Android Specific Code

In Flutter, you may sometimes need to write platform-specific code for Android (and
iOS) when the default Flutter plugins or packages don't provide the functionality
you require. Here’s how you can approach writing Android-specific code in a Flutter
project:
1. Platform Channels
Flutter provides platform channels, which allow communication between Dart
(Flutter) code and platform-specific code (Java/Kotlin for Android, Objective-C/Swift
for iOS).
 Define a Method Channel: In your Dart code (lib/main.dart or any other
Dart file), define a method channel that will be used to communicate with the
platform-specific code.

import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
final MethodChannel platformChannel = MethodChannel('your_channel_name');

 Implement Platform-Specific Code: In your Android project, navigate to


android/app/src/main/java/com/example/yourapp/. Here, you will find
MainActivity.java or another .java file depending on your Flutter project
setup.
package com.example.yourapp;

import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity;
import io.flutter.embedding.engine.FlutterEngine;
import io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodCall;
import io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodChannel;

public class MainActivity extends FlutterActivity {


private static final String CHANNEL = "your_channel_name";

@Override
public void configureFlutterEngine(FlutterEngine flutterEngine) {
super.configureFlutterEngine(flutterEngine);
new MethodChannel(flutterEngine.getDartExecutor().getBinaryMessenger(),
CHANNEL)
.setMethodCallHandler(
(call, result) -> {
if (call.method.equals("your_method_name")) {
// Implement your platform-specific code here
// For example, invoke a native Android API
// and pass back the result to Flutter
result.success("Android specific response");
} else {
result.notImplemented();
}
}
);
}
}
2. Invoking Platform-Specific Code from Dart
Once you have set up your method channel and implemented the platform-specific
code on the Android side, you can invoke this code from your Dart files.
Future<void> invokePlatformSpecificMethod() async {
try {
final String result = await platformChannel.invokeMethod('your_method_name');
print(result); // Print the result from platform-specific code
} on PlatformException catch (e) {
print("Failed to invoke method: '${e.message}'.");
}
}

3. Handling iOS and Android Separately


Remember that if you need platform-specific code for iOS as well, you will need to
create a separate implementation using Swift or Objective-C in the iOS section of
your project (ios/Runner/). Use a similar approach with MethodChannels but
implement the iOS-specific functionality accordingly.

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