/launcher-assist-for-flutter

A Flutter package that simplifies Android launcher development

Primary LanguageJavaOtherNOASSERTION

Launcher Assist

This is a Flutter plugin that gives you basic access to Android's PackageManager and WallpaperManager classes. As such, it is designed to help you build launchers for Android. Currently, it offers the following methods:

  • getAllApps() - This method returns a list of app objects containing the labels, package names, icons and banners of all the launchable apps installed on a user's device. The icons and banners are available as Uint8List.

  • getUserApps() - This method returns a list of app objects containing the labels, package names, icons and banners of all the user-installed apps. The icons and banners are available as Uint8List.

  • launchApp() - Takes a package name as its only argument. As its name suggests, it lets you launch apps.

  • getWallpaper() - Returns the current wallpaper of the user, as a byte array that you can directly pass to the Image.memory() method. Note that on devices running Android Oreo or higher, this method will work only if your app has the READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.

Usage

To use this plugin, add launcher_assist as a dependency in your pubspec.yaml file.

Sample Code

import 'package:launcher_assist/launcher_assist.dart';

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// Get all apps
List<App> installedApps;
var numberOfInstalledApps;

LauncherAssist.getAllApps().then((apps) {
    setState(() {
        numberOfInstalledApps = apps.length;
        installedApps = apps;
    });
});