url_launcher 6.1.14

Flutter plugin for launching a URL. Supports web, phone, SMS, and email schemes.

6.1.14

• Updates documentation to mention support for Android Custom Tabs.

6.1.13

• Adds pub topics to package metadata.
• Updates minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.7/Dart 2.19.

6.1.12

• Removes the use of canLaunchUrl in Link, to avoid issues on platforms where canLaunchUrl is unreliable or requires permissions.
• Updates minimum supported macOS version to 10.14.
• Fixes stale ignore: prefer_const_constructors.
• Updates minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.10/Dart 3.0.

6.1.11

• Fixes some url_launcher docs that were missing the null operator (?).
• Updates minimum Flutter version to 3.3.
• Aligns Dart and Flutter SDK constraints.

6.1.10

• Updates links for the merge of flutter/plugins into flutter/packages.

6.1.9

• Updates minimum Flutter version to 3.0.
• Updates iOS minimum version in README.

6.1.8

• Updates code for stricter lint checks.

6.1.7

• Updates code for new analysis options.

6.1.6

• Updates imports for prefer_relative_imports.
• Updates minimum Flutter version to 2.10.
• Fixes avoid_redundant_argument_values lint warnings and minor typos.

6.1.5

• Migrates README.md examples to the code-excerpt system.

6.1.4

• Adopts new platform interface method for launching URLs.
• Ignores unnecessary import warnings in preparation for upcoming Flutter changes.

6.1.3

• Updates README section about query permissions to better reflect changes to canLaunchUrl recommendations.

6.1.2

• Minor fixes for new analysis options.

6.1.1

• Removes unnecessary imports.
• Fixes library_private_types_in_public_api, sort_child_properties_last and use_key_in_widget_constructors lint warnings.

6.1.0

• Introduces new launchUrl and canLaunchUrl APIs; launch and canLaunch are now deprecated. These new APIs:
  • replace the String URL argument with a Uri, to prevent common issues with providing invalid URL strings.
  • replace forceSafariVC and forceWebView with LaunchMode, which makes the API platform-neutral, and standardizes the default behavior between Android and iOS.
  • move web view configuration options into a new WebViewConfiguration object. The default behavior for JavaScript and DOM storage is now enabled rather than disabled.
• Also deprecates closeWebView in favor of closeInAppWebView to clarify that it is specific to the in-app web view launch option.
• Adds OS version support information to README.
• Reorganizes and clarifies README.

6.0.20

• Fixes a typo in default_package registration for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

6.0.19

• Updates README:
  • Adds description for file scheme usage.
  • Updates Uri class link to SDK documentation.

6.0.18

• Removes dependency on meta.

6.0.17

• Updates code for new analysis options.

6.0.16

• Moves Android and iOS implementations to federated packages.

6.0.15

• Updates README:
  • Improves organization.
  • Clarifies how canLaunch should be used.
• Updates example application to demonstrate intended use of canLaunch.

6.0.14

• Updates readme to indicate that sending SMS messages on Android 11 requires to add a query to AndroidManifest.xml.
• Fixes integration tests.
• Updates example app Android compileSdkVersion to 31.

6.0.13

• Fixed extracting browser headers when they are null error.

6.0.12

• Fixed an error where 'launch' method of url_launcher would cause an error if the provided URL was not valid by RFC 3986.

6.0.11

• Update minimum Flutter SDK to 2.5 and iOS deployment target to 9.0.
• Updated Android lint settings.

6.0.10

• Remove references to the Android v1 embedding.

6.0.9

• Silenced warnings that may occur during build when using a very recent version of Flutter relating to null safety.

6.0.8

• Adding API level 30 required package visibility configuration to the example's AndroidManifest.xml and README
• Fix test button check for iOS 15.

6.0.7

• Update the README to describe a workaround to the Uri query encoding bug.

6.0.6

• Require url_launcher_platform_interface 2.0.3. This fixes an issue where 6.0.5 could fail to compile in some projects due to internal changes in that version that were not compatible with earlier versions of url_launcher_platform_interface.

6.0.5

• Add iOS unit and UI integration test targets.
• Add a Link widget to the example app.

6.0.4

• Migrate maven repository from jcenter to mavenCentral.

6.0.3

• Update README notes about URL schemes on iOS

6.0.2

• Update platform_plugin_interface version requirement.

6.0.1

• Update result to True on iOS when the url was loaded successfully.
• Added a README note about required applications.

6.0.0

• Migrate to null safety.
• Fix outdated links across a number of markdown files (#3276)
• Update the example app: remove the deprecated RaisedButton and FlatButton widgets.
• Correct statement in description about which platforms url_launcher supports.

5.7.13

• Update Flutter SDK constraint.

5.7.12

• Updated code sample in README.md

5.7.11

• Update integration test examples to use testWidgets instead of test.

5.7.10

• Update Dart SDK constraint in example.

5.7.9

• Check in windows/ directory for example/

5.7.8

• Fixed a situation where an app would crash if the url_launcher’s launch method can’t find an app to open the provided url. It will now throw a clear Dart PlatformException.

5.7.7

• Introduce the Link widget with an implementation for native platforms.

5.7.6

• Suppress deprecation warning on the shouldOverrideUrlLoading method on Android of the FlutterWebChromeClient class.

5.7.5

• Improved documentation of the headers parameter.

5.7.4

• Update android compileSdkVersion to 29.

5.7.3

• Check in linux/ directory for example/

5.7.2

• Add API documentation explaining the [canLaunch] method returns false if package visibility (Android API 30) is not managed correctly.

5.7.1

• Keep handling deprecated Android v1 classes for backward compatibility.

5.7.0

• Handle WebView multi-window support.

5.6.0

• Support Windows by default.

5.5.3

• Suppress deprecation warning on the shouldOverrideUrlLoading method on Android.

5.5.2

• Depend explicitly on the platform_interface package that adds the webOnlyWindowName parameter.

5.5.1

• Added webOnlyWindowName parameter to launch()

5.5.0

• Support Linux by default.

5.4.11

• Add documentation in README suggesting how to properly encode urls with special characters.

5.4.10

• Post-v2 Android embedding cleanups.

5.4.9

• Update README.

5.4.8

• Initialize previousAutomaticSystemUiAdjustment in launch method.

5.4.7

• Update lower bound of dart dependency to 2.1.0.

5.4.6

• Add web to the example app.

5.4.5

• Remove Android dependencies fallback.
• Require Flutter SDK 1.12.13+hotfix.5 or greater.
• Fix CocoaPods podspec lint warnings.

5.4.4

• Replace deprecated getFlutterEngine call on Android.

5.4.3

• Fixed the launchUniversalLinkIos method.

5.4.2

• Make the pedantic dev_dependency explicit.

5.4.1

• Update unit tests to work with the PlatformInterface from package plugin_platform_interface.

5.4.0

• Support macOS by default.

5.3.0

• Support web by default.
• Use the new plugins pubspec schema.

5.2.7

• Minor unit test changes and added a lint for public DartDocs.

5.2.6

• Remove AndroidX warnings.

5.2.5

• Include lifecycle dependency as a compileOnly one on Android to resolve potential version conflicts with other transitive libraries.

5.2.4

• Use package:url_launcher_platform_interface to get the platform-specific implementation.

5.2.3

• Android: Use android.arch.lifecycle instead of androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle in build.gradle to support apps that has not been migrated to AndroidX.

5.2.2

• Re-land embedder v2 support with correct Flutter SDK constraints.

5.2.1

• Revert the migration since the Flutter dependency was too low.

5.2.0

• Migrate the plugin to use the V2 Android engine embedding. This shouldn't affect existing functionality. Plugin authors who use the V2 embedding can now instantiate the plugin and expect that it correctly responds to app lifecycle changes.

5.1.7

• Define clang module for iOS.

5.1.6

• Fixes bug where androidx app won't build with this plugin by enabling androidx and jetifier in the android gradle.properties.

5.1.5

• Update homepage url after moving to federated directory.

5.1.4

• Update and migrate iOS example project.

5.1.3

• Always launch url from the top most UIViewController in iOS.

5.1.2

• Update AGP and gradle.
• Split plugin and WebViewActivity class files.

5.1.1

• Suppress a handled deprecation warning on iOS

5.1.0

• Add headers field to enable headers in the Android implementation.

5.0.5

• Add enableDomStorage field to launch to enable DOM storage in Android WebView.

5.0.4

• Update Dart code to conform to current Dart formatter.

5.0.3

• Add missing template type parameter to invokeMethod calls.
• Bump minimum Flutter version to 1.5.0.
• Replace invokeMethod with invokeMapMethod wherever necessary.

5.0.2

• Fixes closeWebView failure on iOS.

5.0.1

• Log a more detailed warning at build time about the previous AndroidX migration.

5.0.0

• Breaking change. Migrate from the deprecated original Android Support Library to AndroidX. This shouldn't result in any functional changes, but it requires any Android apps using this plugin to also migrate if they're using the original support library.

  This was originally incorrectly pushed in the 4.2.0 update.

4.2.0+3

• Revert the breaking 4.2.0 update. 4.2.0 was known to be breaking and should have incremented the major version number instead of the minor. This revert is in and of itself breaking for anyone that has already migrated however. Anyone who has already migrated their app to AndroidX should immediately update to 5.0.0 instead. That's the correctly versioned new push of 4.2.0.

4.2.0+2

• Updated launch to use async and await, fixed the incorrect return value by launch method.

4.2.0+1

• Refactored the Java and Objective-C code. Replaced instance variables with properties in Objective-C.

4.2.0

• BAD. This was a breaking change that was incorrectly published on a minor version upgrade, should never have happened. Reverted by 4.2.0+3.

• Breaking change. Migrate from the deprecated original Android Support Library to AndroidX. This shouldn't result in any functional changes, but it requires any Android apps using this plugin to also migrate if they're using the original support library.

4.1.0+1

• This is just a version bump to republish as 4.1.0 was published with some dirty local state.

4.1.0

• Added universalLinksOnly setting.
• Updated launch to return Future<bool>.

4.0.3

• Fixed launch url fail for Android: launch now assert activity not null and using activity to startActivity.
• Fixed WebViewActivity has leaked IntentReceiver for Android.

4.0.2

• Added closeWebView function to programmatically close the current WebView.

4.0.1

• Added enableJavaScript field to launch to enable javascript in Android WebView.

4.0.0

• Breaking change Now requires a minimum Flutter version of 0.5.6.
• Update to statusBarBrightness field so that the logic runs on the Flutter side.
• Breaking change statusBarBrightness no longer has a default value.

3.0.3

• Added statusBarBrightness field to launch to set iOS status bar brightness.

3.0.2

• Updated Gradle tooling to match Android Studio 3.1.2.

3.0.1

• Fix a crash during Safari view controller dismiss.

3.0.0

• Breaking change. Set SDK constraints to match the Flutter beta release.

2.0.2

• Fixed Dart 2 issue: launch now returns Future<void> instead of Future<Null>.

2.0.1

• Simplified and upgraded Android project template to Android SDK 27.
• Updated package description.

2.0.0

• Breaking change. Upgraded to Gradle 4.1 and Android Studio Gradle plugin 3.0.1. Older Flutter projects need to upgrade their Gradle setup as well in order to use this version of the plugin. Instructions can be found here.

1.0.3

• Add FLT prefix to iOS types.

1.0.2

• Fix handling of URLs in Android WebView.

1.0.1

• Support option to launch default browser in iOS.
• Parse incoming url and decide on what to open based on scheme.
• Support WebView on Android.

1.0.0

• iOS plugin presents a Safari view controller instead of switching to the Safari app.

0.4.2+5

• Aligned author name with rest of repo.

0.4.2+2, 0.4.2+3, 0.4.2+4

• Updated README.

0.4.2+1

• Updated README.

0.4.2

• Change to README.md.

0.4.1

• Upgrade Android SDK Build Tools to 25.0.3.

0.4.0

• Upgrade to new plugin registration.

0.3.6

• Fix workaround for failing dynamic check in Xcode 7/sdk version 9.

0.3.5

• Workaround for failing dynamic check in Xcode 7/sdk version 9.

0.3.4

• Add test.

0.3.3

• Change to buildToolsVersion.

0.3.2

• Change to README.md.

0.3.1

• Change to README.md.

0.3.0

• Add canLaunch method.

0.2.0

• Change launch to a top-level method instead of a static method in a class.

0.1.1

• Change to README.md.

0.1.0

• Initial Open Source release.