receive_intent #

A Flutter plugin to pass Android Intents to the Flutter environment.

Intent in Android is the "payload" for the communication between and within apps. This plugin passes the Intent, that "started" the Activity to the flutter environment. It also passes any "new Intents" that are received (via Activity.onNewIntent) while the Activity is already "started".

If the Intent was "started" via startActivityForResult, then this plugin also sends additional information (package name and app signature) about the "calling" Android Component, and can send "result" back (via Activity.setResult) to it.

This plugin is in active development. Any contribution, idea, criticism or feedback is welcomed.

Quick links #

Use cases #

• OAuth based App Flip - This was the initial motivation for this plugin. The plugin can be used to pass the Intent sent by Google App to the flutter environment - where the consent UI is shown - once it is authorized (or not), the result is sent back to the Google App.
• Deeplink/Applink - This plugin is a genric implementation of uni_links plugin. While this plugin passes "any" Intents, uni_links only passes app-link/deep-link Intents.
• In general, if you want other apps to "start" your app, then this plugin can pass the Intent that "triggered" it to the flutter environment of the app. These Intent will give the app understanding of why the app was started. Check Getting started section to implement this.

Getting started #

TODO

Todo #

• Write Getting started section
• Document API references properly
• Receive Intent for non-Activity based intent-filter (BroadcastReceiver, Service)
• Automatic testing

Contribute #

Check the Todo section above, before you begin with any contribution.

1. You'll need a GitHub account.
2. Fork the repository.
3. Pick an issue to work on from issue tracker.
4. Implement it.
5. Add your name and email in authors section in pubspec.yaml file.
6. Send merge request.
7. Star this project.
8. Become a hero!!

Features and bugs #

Please file feature requests and bugs at the issue tracker.