Utilize native input text components of Android / iOS on a Flutter project
Native.TextField.Made.with.FlexClip.mp4
Modern chat apps often allow users to paste rich content and send images.
However, the TextField widget in the Flutter SDK currently lacks this feature. On Android, for example, long-pressing the TextField does not show the “Paste” option.
To enable the “pasting” of rich content in a TextField, we are utilizing native UI components: EditText on Android and UITextView on iOS. This is achieved by employing custom platform-specific code, and hosting platform-specific provided by Flutter, as detailed in the Platform Channels documentation, and hosting platform-specific UI components in a Flutter widget.
For more information, see:
- Hosting native iOS views in your Flutter app with Platform Views
- Hosting native Android views in your Flutter app with Platform Views
Additionally, the Flutter SDK supports image insertion via the keyboard on Android, as highlighted in PR