Pocketbase Server Flutter #

Run Pocketbase Server directly from Android/IOS with flutter

Usage #

Checkout Pocketbase Server example app

Start pocketbaseServer #

PocketbaseServerFlutter.start(
  superUserEmail: "[email protected]",
  superUserPassword: "password",
  hostName: await PocketbaseServerFlutter.localIpAddress,
  port: "8080",
);

Advanced Usage #

// Get path to load resources using `path_provider`
final Directory staticDir = await getTemporaryDirectory();

// Directory to load static files (Optional)
final String staticFolder = "${staticDir.path}/pb_static/";

// Directory to load js hook files (Optional)
final String hooksFolder = "${staticDir.path}/pb_hooks/";

// Directory to save sqlite files and default data
final String dataFolder = "${staticDir.path}/pb_data/";

// add `pb_static` and `pb_hooks` folder in assets of your project, and load all files from assets to given path
await PocketbaseServerFlutter.copyAssetsFolderToPath(
  path: staticFolder,
  assetFolder: "pb_static",
  overwriteExisting: true,
)

await PocketbaseServerFlutter.copyAssetsFolderToPath(
  path: hooksFolder,
  assetFolder: "pb_hooks",
  overwriteExisting: true,
);

PocketbaseServerFlutter.start(
  superUserEmail: "[email protected]",
  superUserPassword: "password",
  hostName: await PocketbaseServerFlutter.localIpAddress,
  port: "8080",
  enablePocketbaseApiLogs: true,
  dataPath: dataFolder,
  staticFilesPath: staticFolder,
  hookFilesPath: hooksFolder,
);

Stop pocketbaseServer

PocketbaseServerFlutter.stop();

Listen to pocketbaseServer events, setup eventCallback

PocketbaseServerFlutter.setEventCallback(
    callback: (event, data){
        // Handle event and data
    },
);

Some helper methods

// To check if pocketBase is running (not reliable)
PocketbaseServerFlutter.isRunning

// To check pocketbaseMobile version
PocketbaseServerFlutter.pocketbaseMobileVersion

// To get the ipAddress of mobile ( to run pocketbase with this hostname )
PocketbaseServerFlutter.localIpAddress

Setup #

• IOS

If getting error related to Undefined symbol, Make sure to run pod install on ios directory, open IOS project in XCode

Click on Pods, Then select pocketbase_server_flutter from Targets list, and select Build Phases

Then in Link Binary With Libraries section, click on + button and search for libresolv.tbd and choose from result and click on Add

• Android

Should work out of the box

Resources #

https://pocketbase.io/

Built with: pocketbase_mobile

Note #

This is for running Pocketbase server from mobile, to connect with pocketbase server, use official pocketbase client plugin