I have an html file that I am loading in Flutter webview using flutter_webview_plugin. I am using evalJavascript to call function in my javascript code, meaning flutter(dart
Here is an example of communication from Javascript code to flutter.
In Flutter build your WebView like :
WebView(
initialUrl: url,
javascriptMode: JavascriptMode.unrestricted,
javascriptChannels: Set.from([
JavascriptChannel(
name: 'Print',
onMessageReceived: (JavascriptMessage message) {
//This is where you receive message from
//javascript code and handle in Flutter/Dart
//like here, the message is just being printed
//in Run/LogCat window of android studio
print(message.message);
})
]),
onWebViewCreated: (WebViewController w) {
webViewController = w;
},
)
and in Your HTMLfile:
<script type='text/javascript'>
Print.postMessage('Hello World being called from Javascript code');
</script>
When you run this code, you shall be able to see log "Hello World being called from Javascript code" in the LogCat/Run window of android studio.
You can try my plugin flutter_inappbrowser (EDIT: it has been renamed to flutter_inappwebview) and use addJavaScriptHandler({@required String handlerName, @required JavaScriptHandlerCallback callback})
method (see more here).
An example is presented below. On Flutter side:
...
child: InAppWebView(
initialFile: "assets/index.html",
initialHeaders: {},
initialOptions: InAppWebViewWidgetOptions(
inAppWebViewOptions: InAppWebViewOptions(
debuggingEnabled: true,
)
),
onWebViewCreated: (InAppWebViewController controller) {
webView = controller;
controller.addJavaScriptHandler(handlerName: "mySum", callback: (args) {
// Here you receive all the arguments from the JavaScript side
// that is a List<dynamic>
print("From the JavaScript side:");
print(args);
return args.reduce((curr, next) => curr + next);
});
},
onLoadStart: (InAppWebViewController controller, String url) {
},
onLoadStop: (InAppWebViewController controller, String url) {
},
onConsoleMessage: (InAppWebViewController controller, ConsoleMessage consoleMessage) {
print("console message: ${consoleMessage.message}");
},
),
...
On JavaScript side (for example a local file assets/index.html
inside the assets folder):
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, user-scalable=no, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge">
<title>Flutter InAppBrowser</title>
...
</head>
<body>
...
<script>
// In order to call window.flutter_inappwebview.callHandler(handlerName <String>, ...args)
// properly, you need to wait and listen the JavaScript event flutterInAppWebViewPlatformReady.
// This event will be dispatched as soon as the platform (Android or iOS) is ready to handle the callHandler method.
window.addEventListener("flutterInAppWebViewPlatformReady", function(event) {
// call flutter handler with name 'mySum' and pass one or more arguments
window.flutter_inappwebview.callHandler('mySum', 12, 2, 50).then(function(result) {
// get result from Flutter side. It will be the number 64.
console.log(result);
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
On Android Studio logs you will get:
I/flutter (20436): From JavaScript side:
I/flutter (20436): [12, 2, 50]
I/flutter (20436): console message: 64
I want to tell you about how to send messages from flutter WebView to JS:
const function = () => alert('hello from JS');
window.function = function;
WebView(
onWebViewCreated: (WebViewController controller) {},
initialUrl: 'https://url.com',
javascriptMode: JavascriptMode.unrestricted,
)
var _webViewController;
class App extends State<MyApp> {
final _webViewController;
}
onWebViewCreated: (WebViewController controller) {
_webViewController = controller;
},
Then you can run code like this:
class App extends StatelessWidget {
var _webViewController;
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
title: 'Flutter Demo',
home: Scaffold(
body: WebView(
onWebViewCreated: (WebViewController controller) {
_webViewController = controller;
},
initialUrl: 'https://url.com',
javascriptMode: JavascriptMode.unrestricted,
),
floatingActionButton: FloatingActionButton(
onPressed: () {
// When you click at this button youll run js code and youll see alert
_webViewController
.evaluateJavascript('window.function ()');
},
child: Icon(Icons.add),
backgroundColor: Colors.green,
),
),
);
}
}
But what if we want to share this _webViewController
instance to other widgets like drawer?
In this case I decided to implement Singleton pattern
and store _webViewController
instance in it.
So
Singleton class
class Singleton {
WebViewController webViewController;
static final Singleton _singleton = new Singleton._internal();
static Singleton get instance => _singleton;
factory Singleton(WebViewController webViewController) {
_singleton.webViewController = webViewController;
return _singleton;
}
Singleton._internal();
}
Then
onWebViewCreated: (WebViewController controller) {
var singleton = new Singleton(controller);
},
And finally in our Drawer widget i.e. (here you can use whatever widget you want)
class EndDrawer extends StatelessWidget {
final singleton = Singleton.instance;
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Drawer(
child: Column(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.end,
children: <Widget>[
SizedBox(
width: 200,
child: FlatButton(
onPressed: () {
singleton.webViewController.evaluateJavascript('window.function()');
Navigator.pop(context); // exit drawer
},
child: Row(
children: <Widget>[
Icon(
Icons.exit_to_app,
color: Colors.redAccent,
),
SizedBox(
width: 30,
),
Text(
'Exit',
style: TextStyle(color: Colors.blueAccent, fontSize: 20),
),
],
),
)),
],
),
);
}
}
If you want to receive messages from JS code to your flutter App you need:
window.CHANNEL_NAME.postMessage('Hello from JS');
CHANNEL_NAME
)window.CHANNEL_NAME.postMessage('Hello from JS');
we recieve a message we sentWebView(
javascriptChannels: [
JavascriptChannel(name: 'CHANNEL_NAME', onMessageReceived: (message) {
print(message.message);
})
].toSet(),
initialUrl: 'https://url.com',
)
So here we are.
I'm new in flutter code
So if you have another better experience about this you can write in comments to help other people!