/flutter_media_frame

Flutter Android media frame app

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mediaframe

A Flutter media frame Android application to show a slideshow of pictures and videos. I'm not aware of any reason iOS couldn't easily be supported but my use case was Android so I didn't spend any time setting up iOS.

Motivation

I wanted a digital picture frame that supports both pictures and videos and supports switching to a clock display at night. In addition, with little kids in the house I wanted the slideshow to pause periodically and switch to displaying the clock so the kids wouldn't sit and stare at the screen all day.

Since I didn't find anything that obviously supported everything I wanted, I decided to try out Vue Native and Flutter. I ultimately settled on using Flutter because I liked the way the framework worked and it felt like it is well thought out.

Features

  • Displays a slideshow of pictures and videos
  • Periodically switches to clock display
  • Clock display includes current weather (requires OpenWeatherMap.org API key)
  • Night mode switches to clock display
  • Unlock code optionally protects settings and dismissing of the clock screen

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