How to Open Application From a Flutter Application ?

How to Open Application From a Flutter Application ?

While designing or developing a Mobile Application Sometimes users need to open another application from our Flutter Application. So in this article, we will go through How to Open Application From a Flutter Application?

How to Open Application From a Flutter Application ?

To open another application user can give try to url_launcher package. It is useful for all URL Schema open phones, SMS, or even maps, etc.

To open Google Maps either in Android and iOS

_openMap() async {
    const url = 'https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=52.32,4.917';
    if (await canLaunch(url)) {
      await launch(url);
    } else {
      throw 'Could not launch $url';
    }
  }

Users can also use url_launcher to send mail using the below code snippet.

_sendMail() async {
    // Android and iOS
    const uri = 'mailto:[email protected]?subject=Greetings&body=Hello%20World';
    if (await canLaunch(uri)) {
      await launch(uri);
    } else {
    throw 'Could not launch $uri';
    }
  }

  _callMe() async {
    // Android
    const uri = 'tel:+1 222 060 888';
    if (await canLaunch(uri)) {
      await launch(uri);
    } else {
      // iOS
      const uri = 'tel:001-22-060-888';
      if (await canLaunch(uri)) {
        await launch(uri);
      } else {
        throw 'Could not launch $uri';
      }
    }
  }

  _textMe() async {
    // Android
    const uri = 'sms:+39 349 060 888';
    if (await canLaunch(uri)) {
      await launch(uri);
    } else {
      // iOS
      const uri = 'sms:0039-222-060-888';
      if (await canLaunch(uri)) {
        await launch(uri);
      } else {
        throw 'Could not launch $uri';
      }
    }
  }

Even if URI schema should be standards (RFC) sometimes the authority and path parts of them could differ between frameworks (Android or iOS). Import package like a below:

import 'dart:io'

and then in code.

if (Platform.isAndroid) {

} else if (Platform.isIOS) {

}

For iOS users, no browser involved, directly to apps:

//waze 
canLaunch("waze://") 
launch("waze://?ll=${latitude},${longitude}&navigate=yes"); 
//gmaps 
canLaunch("comgooglemaps://") 
launch("comgooglemaps://?saddr=${latitude},${longitude}&directionsmode=driving")

User needs to add Info.plist like a below:

<key>LSApplicationQueriesSchemes</key>  
<array>         
  <string>comgooglemaps</string>        
  <string>waze</string>     
</array>

I think you are looking for a scenario where you want to open a device installed app from Flutter?

User can use apps like https://pub.dev/packages/device_apps

If so, you can use a package called device_apps.

Conclusion:

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