[Feature] Support for restart on iOS

[yanivshaked]

Hi,

Do you have any plans to support restart on iOS?

Thanks

[gustavo-perini]

It would be great!!!

[swarupbc]

Yes please add support

[gabrimatic]

I just added web support to the restart app package, so it now supports both Android and Web platforms.
But, in terms of iOS, I don't have any real plans since, before Flutter, I was an Android developer and, unfortunately, I have no expertise with iOS programming.
So, if you have any ideas, please share them with me or submit a fork request so that the package may have complete platform support.

[matekdk]

There are no methods available in iOS to restart the app. So the best that can be done on IOS is to re-instantiate root UIViewController.

More info: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66205648/is-there-any-way-to-restart-my-ios-app-programmatically

[msxenon]

I think in iOS you can only crash the app to stop it and you can't start it again

[gabrimatic]

There are no methods available in iOS to restart the app. So the best that can be done on IOS is to re-instantiate root UIViewController.

More info: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66205648/is-there-any-way-to-restart-my-ios-app-programmatically

I tried this method, and it has a big problem:
When I reassign the rootViewController with FlutterViewController, all the Flutter plugins are not available, and they need to register again.

[gabrimatic]

As my research and other developers suggestions, there isn't any working solution for that.
I keep this issue open for new ideas

[Milimeter]

Hi. Is it working on iOS now?

[khang-dev]

Any progress on this ?

[hosseinkhojany]

https://stackoverflow.com/a/66206070

[isAlmogK]

Following, need iOS support

[zamirszn]

its 2023 and no solution for iOS , has anyone been able to figure it out

[gabrimatic]

@Milimeter, @khang-dev, @hosseinkhojany, @isAlmogK, @zamirszn I appreciate your support and feedback on this package!

Unfortunately, restarting a Flutter app using native APIs in iOS is not supported by the platform.
However, you can look at this StackOverflow answer, or if you have a solution, do not hesitate to add it here.

I keep this issue open for new ideas

[zamirszn]

@Milimeter, @khang-dev, @hosseinkhojany, @isAlmogK, @zamirszn I appreciate your support and feedback on this package!

Unfortunately, restarting a Flutter app using native APIs in iOS is not supported by the platform. However, you can look at this StackOverflow answer, or if you have a solution, do not hesitate to add it here.

I keep this issue open for new ideas

alright , thanks alot

[gabrimatic]

After a very long period, iOS support has now been added to the restart_app package v1.2.0!