go-flutter-desktop
url_launcher plugin broken
What should we do? I/We cannot keep up with the pace at which google is pushing modification. Sadly this one is a breaking one. I haven't looked at the how native plugin implementation works, it might actually be easier than the current method-channel-based one as it seems to call native code directly from dart without calling the embedder. TODO: add dart ffi native plugin support.
Edit 13/05/2022 I've side track a bit. The issue was not about dart ffi, but about the modification of channel names.
# before
"plugins.flutter.io/url_launcher",
# after
"plugins.flutter.io/url_launcher_macos",
"plugins.flutter.io/url_launcher_windows",
"plugins.flutter.io/url_launcher_linux",
fixed in https://github.com/go-flutter-desktop/plugins/pull/74
TBH except for packaging to mac and linux the official embedder has become superior :( I already talked with @GeertJohan about maybe extracting the packaging code and making a separate tool for just packaging flutter desktop apps.
I'm not supporting adding new feature/refactoring parts of the go-flutter project. The core functionality of go-flutter project still works, even though many features have been added to Flutter. I'm happy with the current state. For a non-official embedder, it's sufficient.
Having the official embedder become superior was just a question of time.
Our software is good. The use of golang is an excellent way of writing plugins. But it only is interesting for a small set of users. For the majority, the official embedder will always be better.
I tried to fix it, did some simple test on my MacOS , it did works. https://github.com/go-flutter-desktop/plugins/pull/74
What should we do? I/We cannot keep up with the pace at which google is pushing modification. Sadly this one is a breaking one.
FYI this is a Flutter bug: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/103660
Changes like the one referenced above were supposed to have no effect on custom embeddings like this one.
