Flutter plugin for creating static & dynamic app shortcuts on the home screen

Flutter Shortcuts

Flutter plugin for creating static & dynamic app shortcuts on the home screen.

Why use Flutter Shortcuts?

Flutter Shortcuts Plugin is known for :

Features

All the features listed below can be performed at the runtime.

✅   Create Shortcuts

✅   Clear Shortcuts

✅   Update Shortcuts

✅   Use both flutter and android asset as shortcut icon

Demo

Quick Start

Step 1: Include plugin to your project

dependencies:
  flutter_shortcuts: <latest version>

Run pub get and get packages.

Step 2: Instantiate Flutter Shortcuts Plugin

final FlutterShortcuts flutterShortcuts = FlutterShortcuts();

Step 3: Initialize Flutter Shortcuts

flutterShortcuts.initialize(debug: true);

Example

Define Shortcut Action

flutterShortcuts.listenAction((String incomingAction) {
    setState(() {
    if (incomingAction != null) {
        action = incomingAction;
    }
  });
});

Get Max Shortcut Limit

Return the maximum number of static and dynamic shortcuts that each launcher icon can have at a time.

int? result = await flutterShortcuts.getMaxShortcutLimit();

Shortcut Icon Asset

Flutter Shortcuts allows you to create shortcut icon from both android drawable or mipmap and flutter Assets.

• If you want to use icon from Android resources, drawable or mipmap.

use: ShortcutIconAsset.androidAsset

FlutterShortcutItem(
  id: "2",
  action: 'Bookmark page action',
  shortLabel: 'Bookmark Page',
  icon: "ic_launcher",
  shortcutIconAsset: ShortcutIconAsset.androidAsset,
),

• If you want to create shortcut icon from flutter asset. (DEFAULT)

use: ShortcutIconAsset.flutterAsset

FlutterShortcutItem(
  id: "2",
  action: 'Bookmark page action',
  shortLabel: 'Bookmark Page',
  icon: 'assets/icons/bookmark.png',
  shortcutIconAsset: ShortcutIconAsset.flutterAsset,
),

Set shortcut items

Publishes the list of shortcuts. All existing shortcuts will be replaced.

flutterShortcuts.setShortcutItems(
  shortcutItems: <FlutterShortcutItem>[
    const FlutterShortcutItem(
      id: "1",
      action: 'Home page action',
      shortLabel: 'Home Page',
      icon: 'assets/icons/home.png',
    ),
    const FlutterShortcutItem(
      id: "2",
      action: 'Bookmark page action',
      shortLabel: 'Bookmark Page',
      icon: "ic_launcher",
      shortcutIconAsset: ShortcutIconAsset.androidAsset,
    ),
  ],
),

Clear shortcut item

Delete all dynamic shortcuts from the app.

flutterShortcuts.clearShortcutItems();

Push Shortcut Item

Push a new shortcut item. If there is already a dynamic or pinned shortcut with the same ID, the shortcut will be updated and pushed at the end of the shortcut list.

flutterShortcuts.pushShortcutItem(
  shortcut: FlutterShortcutItem(
    id: "5",
    action: "Play Music Action",
    shortLabel: "Play Music",
    icon: 'assets/icons/music.png',
  ),
);

Push Shortcut Items

Pushes a list of shortcut item. If there is already a dynamic or pinned shortcut with the same ID, the shortcut will be updated and pushed at the end of the shortcut list.

flutterShortcuts.pushShortcutItems(
  shortcutList: <FlutterShortcutItem>[
    const FlutterShortcutItem(
      id: "1",
      action: 'Home page new action',
      shortLabel: 'Home Page',
      icon: 'assets/icons/home.png',
    ),
    const FlutterShortcutItem(
      id: "2",
      action: 'Bookmark page new action',
      shortLabel: 'Bookmark Page',
      icon: 'assets/icons/bookmark.png',
    ),
    const FlutterShortcutItem(
      id: "3",
      action: 'Settings Action',
      shortLabel: 'Setting',
      icon: 'assets/icons/settings.png',
    ),
  ],
);

Update Shortcut Item

Updates a single shortcut item based on id. If the ID of the shortcut is not same, no changes will be reflected.

flutterShortcuts.updateShortcutItem(
  shortcut: FlutterShortcutItem(
    id: "1",
    action: 'Go to url action',
    shortLabel: 'Visit Page',
    icon: 'assets/icons/url.png',
  ),
);

Update Shortcut Items

Updates shortcut items. If the IDs of the shortcuts are not same, no changes will be reflected.

flutterShortcuts.updateShortcutItems(
 shortcutList: <FlutterShortcutItem>[
   const FlutterShortcutItem(
     id: "1",
     action: 'Resume playing Action',
     shortLabel: 'Resume playing',
     icon: 'assets/icons/play.png',
   ),
   const FlutterShortcutItem(
     id: "2",
     action: 'Search Songs Action',
     shortLabel: 'Search Songs',
     icon: 'assets/icons/search.png',
   ),
 ],
);

Change Shortcut Item Icon

Change the icon of the shortcut based on id. If the ID of the shortcut is not same, no changes will be reflected.

flutterShortcuts.changeShortcutItemIcon(
  id: "2",
  icon: "assets/icons/next.png",
);

Get shortcut icon properties

Get the icon properties of your shortcut icon.

Map<String, int> result = await flutterShortcuts.getIconProperties();
print( "maxHeight: ${result["maxHeight"]}, maxWidth: ${result["maxWidth"]}");

GitHub

https://github.com/divshekhar/flutter_shortcuts

Source: https://flutterawesome.com/flutter-plugin-for-creating-static-dynamic-app-shortcuts-on-the-home-screen/