flutter_foreground_task 1.0.8

This plugin is used to implement a foreground service on the Android platform.

This plugin is used to implement a foreground service on the Android platform.

Features

• Can perform repetitive task with foreground service notification.
• Provides useful utilities (minimizeApp, wakeUpScreen, etc.) that can use when performing task.
• Provides a widget that prevents the app from closing when a foreground task is running.
• Provides a widget that can start a foreground task when trying to minimize or close the app.

Getting started

To use this plugin, add flutter_foreground_task as a dependency in your pubspec.yaml file. For example:

dependencies:
  flutter_foreground_task: ^1.0.8

After adding the flutter_foreground_task plugin to the flutter project, we need to specify the permissions and services to use for this plugin to work properly.

🐤 Android

Since this plugin is based on a foreground service, we need to add the following permission to the AndroidManifest.xml file. Open the AndroidManifest.xml file and specify it between the <manifest> and <application> tags.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" />

And specify the service inside the <application> tag as follows.

<service
    android:name="com.pravera.flutter_foreground_task.service.ForegroundService"
    android:stopWithTask="true" />

How to use

This plugin has two ways to start a foreground task. There are two ways to start the foreground task manually and to start it when the app is minimized or closed by the WillStartForegroundTask widget.

🐥 Start manually

1. Create a FlutterForegroundTask instance and perform initialization. FlutterForegroundTask.instance.init() provides notification and task options, detailed options are as follows:

• channelId: Unique ID of the notification channel.
• channelName: The name of the notification channel. This value is displayed to the user in the notification settings.
• channelDescription: The description of the notification channel. This value is displayed to the user in the notification settings.
• channelImportance: The importance of the notification channel. The default is NotificationChannelImportance.DEFAULT.
• priority: Priority of notifications for Android 7.1 and lower. The default is NotificationPriority.DEFAULT.
• interval: The task call interval in milliseconds. The default is 5000.

final flutterForegroundTask = FlutterForegroundTask.instance.init(
  notificationOptions: NotificationOptions(
    channelId: 'notification_channel_id',
    channelName: 'Foreground Notification',
    channelDescription: 'This notification appears when a foreground task is running.',
    channelImportance: NotificationChannelImportance.DEFAULT,
    priority: NotificationPriority.DEFAULT
  ),
  foregroundTaskOptions: ForegroundTaskOptions(
    interval: 5000
  )
);

2. Add WithForegroundTask widget to prevent the app from closing when a foreground task is running.

@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
  return MaterialApp(
    // A widget that prevents the app from closing when a foreground task is running.
    // Declare on top of the [Scaffold] widget.
    home: WithForegroundTask(
      foregroundTask: flutterForegroundTask,
      child: Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(
          title: const Text('Flutter Foreground Task'),
          centerTitle: true
        ),
        body: buildContentView()
      ),
    ),
  );
}

3. Start FlutterForegroundTask when a foreground task is needed. FlutterForegroundTask.instance.start() provides the following options:

• notificationTitle: The title that will be displayed in the notification.
• notificationText: The text that will be displayed in the notification.
• taskCallback: Callback function to be called every interval of ForegroundTaskOptions.

void startForegroundTask() {
  flutterForegroundTask.start(
    notificationTitle: 'Foreground task is running',
    notificationText: 'Tap to return to the app',
    taskCallback: (DateTime timestamp) {
      print('timestamp: $timestamp');
    }
  );
}

4. Use FlutterForegroundTask.instance.update() to update the foreground task. The options are the same as the start function.

int count = 0;
void startForegroundTask() {
  flutterForegroundTask.start(
    notificationTitle: 'Foreground task is running',
    notificationText: 'Tap to return to the app',
    taskCallback: (DateTime timestamp) {
      count++;

      // You can update the foreground task based on conditions
      // such as count or specific timestamp.
      if (count == 10)
        updateWhenCount10();
    }
  );
}

void updateWhenCount10() {
  flutterForegroundTask.update(
    notificationTitle: 'Another Title',
    notificationText: 'Another Text',
    taskCallback: (DateTime timestamp) {
      print('timestamp: $timestamp');
    }
  );
}

5. When you have completed the required foreground task, call FlutterForegroundTask.instance.stop().

void stopForegroundTask() {
  flutterForegroundTask.stop();
}

🐥 Start with WillStartForegroundTask widget

@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
  return MaterialApp(
    // A widget used when you want to start a foreground task when trying to minimize or close the app.
    // Declare on top of the [Scaffold] widget.
    home: WillStartForegroundTask(
      onWillStart: () {
        // Please return whether to start the foreground task.
        return true;
      },
      notificationOptions: NotificationOptions(
        channelId: 'notification_channel_id',
        channelName: 'Foreground Notification',
        channelDescription: 'This notification appears when a foreground task is running.',
        channelImportance: NotificationChannelImportance.LOW,
        priority: NotificationPriority.LOW
      ),
      foregroundTaskOptions: ForegroundTaskOptions(
        interval: 5000
      ),
      notificationTitle: 'Foreground task is running',
      notificationText: 'Tap to return to the app',
      taskCallback: (DateTime timestamp) {
        print('timestamp: $timestamp');
      },
      child: Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(
          title: const Text('Flutter Foreground Task'),
          centerTitle: true
        ),
        body: buildContentView()
      ),
    ),
  );
}

Models

🐔 NotificationOptions

Data class with notification options.

Property	Description
channelId	Unique ID of the notification channel.
channelName	The name of the notification channel. This value is displayed to the user in the notification settings.
channelDescription	The description of the notification channel. This value is displayed to the user in the notification settings.
channelImportance	The importance of the notification channel. The default is NotificationChannelImportance.DEFAULT.
priority	Priority of notifications for Android 7.1 and lower. The default is NotificationPriority.DEFAULT.
enableVibration	Whether to enable vibration when creating notifications. The default is false.
playSound	Whether to play sound when creating notifications. The default is true.

🐔 ForegroundTaskOptions

Data class with foreground task options.

Property	Description
interval	The task call interval in milliseconds. The default is 5000.

🐔 NotificationChannelImportance

The importance of the notification channel. See https://developer.android.com/training/notify-user/channels?hl=ko#importance

Value	Description
NONE	A notification with no importance: does not show in the shade.
MIN	Min notification importance: only shows in the shade, below the fold.
LOW	Low notification importance: shows in the shade, and potentially in the status bar (see shouldHideSilentStatusBarIcons()), but is not audibly intrusive.
DEFAULT	Default notification importance: shows everywhere, makes noise, but does not visually intrude.
HIGH	Higher notification importance: shows everywhere, makes noise and peeks. May use full screen intents.
MAX	Max notification importance: same as HIGH, but generally not used.

🐔 NotificationPriority

Priority of notifications for Android 7.1 and lower.

Value	Description
MIN	No sound and does not appear in the status bar.
LOW	No sound.
DEFAULT	Makes a sound.
HIGH	Makes a sound and appears as a heads-up notification.
MAX	Same as HIGH, but used when you want to notify notification immediately.

Support

If you find any bugs or issues while using the plugin, please register an issues on GitHub. You can also contact us at [e-mail].