pichillilorenzo/flutter_inappwebview
Flutter Inappwebview
This is a plugin for embedding inline or headless web browsers within Flutter applications to render web content. It provides a system for integrating native webview components directly into the widget tree, allowing for the display of web pages and local assets.
The project distinguishes itself by offering a headless browser controller for programmatic interaction and data extraction, as well as tools to wrap Progressive Web Apps into native application containers. It includes a mobile bridge for WebRTC to manage camera and microphone permissions for real-time audio and video communication.
The plugin covers a broad range of capabilities, including custom in-app browser construction with ad blocking, OAuth authentication workflows, and bidirectional JavaScript bridging. It also manages browser data storage, such as cookies and local storage, and provides tools for network traffic interception and the hosting of local web servers.
Additional functionality includes browser internals inspection for debugging, print job management, and the implementation of native navigation gestures and pull-to-refresh mechanisms.
Features
- Inline Browser Instances - Provides a system for integrating native webview components directly into the Flutter widget tree to render web content.
- Flutter Plugin Integrations - Provides a comprehensive plugin for bridging Dart code to platform-specific webview APIs within Flutter applications.
- Headless Browser Automation - Programmatically controls browser engines to perform web navigation and interaction with dynamic content in headless mode.
- Microphone Access - Interfaces with the device camera and microphone to allow web-based HTML input elements to capture media.
- Native View Embedding - Integrates native platform webview components directly into the Flutter widget tree using platform-specific view nesting.
- WebRTC Media Orchestration - Enables real time audio and video communication by managing hardware camera and microphone permissions within a web view.
- JavaScript Execution Bridges - Implements a bidirectional bridge to execute JavaScript code and receive callbacks within the native host application.
- Platform Channel Communications - Implements asynchronous message exchange and method invocation between the Dart runtime and native iOS/Android controllers.
- Embedded Web Renderers - Integrates browser engines to render dynamic web-based content and local assets within native application interfaces.
- Browser Cookie Management - Stores, retrieves, and deletes HTTP cookies to maintain user sessions and preferences.
- Headless Browser Controllers - Implements a control layer for managing headless browser instances for programmatic web interaction and data extraction.
- Headless Browsers - Executes a web browser in the background without a user interface for automated tasks and data extraction.
- Web Storage APIs - Controls JavaScript storage APIs including cookies, caches, IndexedDB, and local storage.
- In-App Browser Launches - Opens webpages in the user's default native browser from within the application.
- OAuth Browser Login Flows - Manages secure OAuth sign-in flows and external window navigation using system-level browser controllers.
- Browser Launch Commands - Launches external system-native browsers to provide a consistent browsing experience.
- Application Advertisement Blocking - Prevents the loading of content from specific ad-serving URLs to remove advertisements from pages.
- Local HTTP Servers - Hosts a lightweight embedded HTTP server to serve local assets and bypass mobile browser security restrictions.
- WebRTC Permission Bridges - Implements a mobile bridge for managing camera and microphone permissions to enable real-time WebRTC communication.
- WebRTC Streaming - Enables real-time delivery of audio and video streams to web browsers using the WebRTC protocol.
- Token Capture Flows - Opens a secure system browser to capture authentication tokens through a callback.
- OAuth Authentication - Manages secure redirects and captures authentication tokens from third party identity services using a system browser.
- Web Content Filtering - Prevents specific elements like advertisements or trackers from loading on web pages.
- OAuth Integrations - Integrates external identity providers to manage user authentication via OAuth protocols.
- Native Call Interceptions - Traps network requests and JavaScript calls on the native side to modify or block content before it reaches the browser.
- In-App Browser Interfaces - Provides UI components to build a full-featured internal browser interface within the application.
- Local Asset Loading - Renders local images, JavaScript, and CSS files from the application bundle within the embedded browser.
- Tab Management - Coordinates multiple browser instances to provide a tabbed browsing experience.
- Network Request Interception - Provides capabilities to monitor and modify HTTP requests and responses within the embedded browser environment.
- Progressive Web Apps - Converts Progressive Web Apps into native application containers for mobile platforms.
- Web-to-App Converters - Wraps a Progressive Web App into a native application container for distribution.
