Tutorials

Flutter Open URL inside Web Browser in Android & IOS

Flutter Project to Open URL inside Web Browser in Android & IOS.

const url = "https://flutter.io";
if (await canLaunch(url))
  await launch(url);
else 
  // can't launch url, there is some error
  throw "Could not launch $url";
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:url_launcher/url_launcher.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(new Scaffold(
    body: new Center(
      child: new RaisedButton(
        onPressed: _launchURL,
        child: new Text('Show Flutter homepage'),
      ),
    ),
  ));
}

_launchURL() async {
  const url = 'https://flutter.io';
  if (await canLaunch(url)) {
    await launch(url);
  } else {
    throw 'Could not launch $url';
  }
}

Special Characters:

If the url value contains spaces or other values that are now allowed in URLs, use

Uri.encodeFull(urlString) or Uri.encodeComponent(urlString) and pass the resulting value instead.

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