dannyglover / simple_audio

A simple cross-platform solution for playing audio in Flutter.

Simple Audio

A cross-platform solution for playing audio in Flutter.

This project's goal is to be as simple as possible, meaning it offers the core functionality only (ex. play/pause). It also aims to be stable and relatively bug free.

I created this plugin for my music app so that I don't have to use different packages for different platforms (audio_service, dart_vlc). This made it hard to deal with bugs from different packages.

Features

• Simple API
• Cross platform (Android, Linux, Windows, iOS, macOS)
• Media controllers on all platforms
  • Linux: MPRIS
  • Android: MediaSessionCompat
  • Windows: SystemMediaTransportControls
  • iOS/macOS: Control center
• Playback of local and online resources
• Gapless playback and preloading
• Volume normalization

Documentation

The documentation is hosted by pub.dev. You can find it here.

Usage

• Add this plugin as a dependency in pubspec.yaml
• Follow the setup steps.
• Call SimpleAudio.init() in main() and configure as you need (see below).
• Instantiate a SimpleAudio object in your player controller (see below).
• Use the APIs provided in the instantiated object.

An example player project is located here.

Initialization

void main() async {
  WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();

  // Initialize with default values.
  await SimpleAudio.init(
    useMediaController: true,
    shouldNormalizeVolume: false,
    dbusName: "com.erikas.SimpleAudio",
    actions: [
      MediaControlAction.rewind,
      MediaControlAction.skipPrev,
      MediaControlAction.playPause,
      MediaControlAction.skipNext,
      MediaControlAction.fastForward
    ],
    androidNotificationIconPath: "mipmap/ic_launcher",
    androidCompactActions: [1, 2, 3],
    applePreferSkipButtons: true
  );

  runApp(const MyApp());
}

Create Player

final SimpleAudio player = SimpleAudio(
  onSkipPrevious: (SimpleAudio player) {},
  onSkipNext: (SimpleAudio player) {},
  onNetworkStreamError: (SimpleAudio player) {},
  onDecodeError: (SimpleAudio player) {},
);

Setup

Some platform specific things have to be set up in order for this plugin to function properly.

Windows

No setup is needed.

Linux

Add this code to my_application.cc in the linux directory. This will allow your app to open when the MPRIS notification is clicked.

static void my_application_activate(GApplication* application) {
+ GList* windows = gtk_application_get_windows(GTK_APPLICATION(application));
+ if(windows)
+ {
+   gtk_window_present_with_time(
+     GTK_WINDOW(windows->data),
+     g_get_monotonic_time() / 1000
+   );
+   return;
+ }
+
  MyApplication* self = MY_APPLICATION(application);
// ...
}

// ...

MyApplication* my_application_new() {
  return MY_APPLICATION(g_object_new(my_application_get_type(),
    "application-id", APPLICATION_ID, "flags",
-   G_APPLICATION_NON_UNIQUE
+   G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE | G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_OPEN,
    nullptr
  ));
}

Android

You will need to edit the Android manifest located in the android/app/src/main directory.

AndroidManifest.xml

<!-- Add this permission. -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE"/>
<application>
  <!-- ... -->

  <!-- This is required if you want to be able to see the notification. -->
  <service
      android:name="com.erikas.simple_audio.SimpleAudioService"
      android:foregroundServiceType="mediaPlayback"
      android:exported="false">
      <intent-filter>
          <action android:name="android.media.browse.MediaBrowserService" />
      </intent-filter>
  </service>

  <!-- This is required to interact with the notification buttons. -->
  <receiver
      android:name="com.erikas.simple_audio.SimpleAudioReceiver">
  </receiver>

</application>

iOS

You will have to add a dependency to your Xcode project.

• Open Runner.xcworkspace in the ios folder.
• At the top of your project hierarchy view, select the Runner project.
• Select the Runner target, go to the General tab and scroll down until you see Frameworks, Libraries, Embedded Content
• Press the + icon and add the AudioToolbox.framework framework. Select Do Not Embed under the Embed column.

Add this to your Info.plist file located in ios/Runner:

<dict>
  <!-- ... -->
  <key>UIBackgroundModes</key>
  <array>
    <string>audio</string>
  </array>
</dict>

macOS

You will need to update the macOS build versions to 10.13

• Open Runner.xcworkspace in the macos folder.
• At the top of your project hierarchy view, select the Runner project.
• In your Runner project, go to the Info tab and set macOS Deployment Target to 10.13
• Select the Runner target and set the Minimum Deployments macOS version to 10.13

Special Thanks

• sanihaq - Reported multiple bugs in simple_audio's first releases. These bugs would not have been fixed for a long time without their help.